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ACROSS

1 Wind up the last piece of evidence in the case (5)

4 Distraught in craft at sea (7)

8 Relax after Eve gets to the top spot in Nepal (7)

9 The group of television pundits is back in Glenapp (5) 10 Raged about Allan Poe, the mystery and macabre writer (5) 11 The co-star disrupted members of the cast (6)

14 It’s just a fad – wee Edward has washed out jeans perhaps (5) 16 A Russian country house is seen in Pravda – charming (5)

18 On a cruise ship perhaps that could be abroad (6)

21 Warmly welcome a small group of Anna’s kinsmen (3,2) 24 Slightly crazy using the Morse Code without dashes (5) 25 Excited wino Rab sees an arc of coloured light in the sky (7) 26 Noreen’s first Surrey construction – a room for the infants (7) 27 Sir Enoch reveals police cars have one (5)

DOWN

1 A biting insect is found inside the bicycle gloves (4)

2 Changed and confused Ed and me (7) 3 A precious gemstone from a mere lad – amazing (7)

4 Inside the cafe, Tanya gets the Greek soft cheese (4)

5 A clear jelly in a the savoury dish was pictured inside (5)

6 A lively dance from the cosmopolitan go-getters (5) 7 A sudden spell of chilly weather upset he doc’s plan (4,4) 12 Tommy’s extremely agitated initially with this type of drink (3) 13 Switch positions, now and again (3,3,2) 15 A long time being involved in Bergerac (3) 16 Sack? Yes, Sid upset a female schoolteacher (7)

17 A wall-clinging plant for the Munro bagger, say – a society wannabe (7)

19 This web-footed mammal is warmer, the Cockney says (5)

20 A poet’s work is primarily really hard – Yvonne’s mostly exhausted (5)

22 Tory flies to an ancient city that was “gifted” a wooden horse (4)

23 The contest winner has an identical sibling in the family (4)