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1 It’s A1 after Bud returns to a Persian Gulf state (5) 4 Tennent’s, malts and Drambuie maybe? Ooh, call round! (7) 8 Somehow persist in finding the religious leaders (7) 9 Explode fifty per cent of Wilbur’s TNT (5) 10 Jamie, Alexander Graham and Liberty (5) 11 Leave high and dry in the Sahara, for instance (6) 14 Overwhelmingly desires the first of the ladies – Stu’s tormented (5) 16 Restored to health, like many hams… (5) 18 …nevertheless, Eve’s no different (4,2) 21 A noisy kiss in a fishing boat – Mack’s so naughty (5) 24 Michelangelo’s financial backer (5) 25 The silly rep’s ale causes a set-back after a partial recovery (7) 26 A blot on the landscape from a painful peeper (7) 27 Sample a small selection of Greta’s teacakes (5) 1 Hoodwink by serving up some stale pudding (4) 2 Find an Irish liqueur in Islay and be relaxed (7) 3 You’ll need shoe inserts after the lesions are treated… (7) 4 … bring up some of Carlo’s laces too (4) 5 Sailing back from Elba, cruising with Lib Dem Vince (5) 6 Gym apparatus that is somewhat newish or second-hand (5) 7 Lines round the globe seen from a flying altitude (8) 12 Old French money for Ms Perkins of Bake Off, we hear (3) 13 The alien took food to make folk feel they don’t belong (8) 15 You could have caught it last month– a little orangutan (3) 16 Use a camel to upset King Arthur’s court (7) 17 Cooking instructions must be terribly precise (7) 19 Trapped in Crimea, Glenda discovers a bird of prey (5) 20 A series of shots and Olav’s completely drunk (5) 22 Wrestling a bear in the Highland hillside (4) 23 It’s a DNA hereditary factor from dancer Kelly or actor Hackman (4)