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1 Talks about the stem that supports a flower, for instance (5)

4 It could be a match – but it’s not as heavy (7)

8 My niche, newly reburbished, is found on the roof (7)

9 A football contest decider in Carfin – alarming! (5)

10 Covered in trees like a small forest, Mr Harrelson (5)

11 What the Mad Hatter is holding – a PG Tips container (6)

14 It’s mischievous Max of the famine-relief charity (5) 16 Accidentally stop car and spot a vendor’s market stand (5)

18 See air manoeuvre – it’s not so difficult (6) 21 Wrote it down initially – now our tutor’s extremely delighted (5) 24 Dared to be different, creating fear and awe (5)

25 Clear enough to read – due to the Big Elle rewrite (7)

26 A walkover victory – is Wayne annoyed? (4,3)

27 A smaller Lanarkshire cinema, in retrospect, will be more pleasant (5) 1 A violent blow with an odd item from the washing basket? (4) 2 No longer fresh – a small portion, we hear (1,3,3)

3 Dong! Kim rings the changes in the realm (7)

4 Sets down a minstrel’s ballads from Malaysia (4)

5 Sir, leaving the giraffes will be a social mistake (5) 6 A heavyweight in charge gets a pick-me-up (5)

7 Eat too much of this stodgy pudding and they’ll name you after it! (4-4)

12 Stern? Yes, and terribly fat (3)

13 Lazily lie on bed? Yes, unwilling to do any work (4,4)

15 A French friend, from Hamilton, upset little DiMaggio (3)

16 An awful gunshot? It’s a grouse firearm (7) 17 This part of racer bicycles is sharp (7) 19 Brief technical requirements for a pair of glasses (5)

20 Furnish with funds for the future – or possibly now, Ed (5) 22 We heard Country star Campbell in a Scottish valley (4)

23 A sign of sadness when some brute arrives (4)