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1 A self-deception? That’s just not true (5) 4 We see the bottoms of lower limbs in these traditional tales (7) 8 How to tell a bumble bee to go away? (4,3) 9 Elbow someone – a nude is running round the centre of Elgin (5) 10 Formula One champion Hamilton is Harris’s neighbour (5) 11 Band leaves handbarrow for Benedict Cumberbatch’s posh English school (6) 14 Kane’s Scottish two-edged dagger (5) 16 There’s a swindle on the go in this African country (5) 18 The fete’s about the end of August in Tilda Swinton’s posh Edinburgh school (6) 21 Outspoken or blunt – MP Field or comedian Skinner (5) 24 Preparing a sort of traditional Sunday lunch (5) 25 An ostrich wanders around a member of the chorus (7) 26 The proceeds from cleverly directed skating (7) 27 Try a selection of the fetas – typically delicious (5) 1 Tells a wee lie if upset over a heartless boss (4) 2 The optical problem of a lackadaisical private detective (4,3) 3 A public schoolboy returns the note to Ian – for Eddie Redmayne or Tom Hiddleston, say (7) 4 You’ll need to use a file if it’s a long stretch in prison (4) 5 With just one piece of luggage, Noah goes to Liguria’s capital (5) 6 The lowest point of a new drain (5) 7 Take her into the wild woods – it’s Robin Hood’s favourite haunt (8) 12 A Cypriot’s city (3) 13 Invite trouble… enquire about Information Technology? (3,3,2) 15 Mr McPartlin gets a lift in Gretna (3) 16 A vehicle with afterdinner wine in a shelter for the motor (7) 17 Annie is in Nova Scotia briefly to find full-time babysitters (7) 19 A little black cart is brought up to the railway line (5) 20 Egypt’s capital with naughty Tina? Don’t go out for dinner (3,2) 22 Two or more parts of a play in a New Testament book (4) 23 Don’t go away – it’s a reprieve of the prisoner’s execution (4)