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ACROSS

1 The moral code of those in trouble (5)

4 An attempt at flattery to deceive with a winter slopes position (4,3)

8 The wild dogs make Gino and Des tremble (7)

9 Stumbled on, we hear, a criminal (5)

10 Pleased with one of Snow White’s dwarfs (5)

11 Listen, I’ll ask that woman to name one of the US States (6)

14 The zest and zeal got us excited (5)

16 Accountant takes a waste container to room on the ship (5)

18 An almond pie for Oscar-winning star Gary of the Darkest Hour (6)

21 Secretly store away a number of the best ashtrays (5)

24 Old crooner Crosby got nothing for this popular numbers game (5)

25 Annoying bureaucracy from the greyhaired TA personnel (3,4)

26 Aged Ray prepared a measurement of cloth, say (starting with three feet) (7)

27 See 22 Down

DOWN

1 Finishes some of the weekend shopping (4)

2 Sounds like clothes hooks in the airport parking facilities (7)

3 The Rio cops ripped up a sign of the zodiac (7)

4 Distress signal over a duck is just average (2-2)

5 One of the haggis ingredients sounds dreadful (5)

6 Dumps fiancée Jill in London taxi – sad, first and foremost (5)

7 Group gets Anna a large colourful handkerchief (8)

12 Assumed name of wee diva Kath (1,1,1)

13 Sounds like a farewell for this bargain (1,4,3)

15 MoT upset Daley (3)

16 The unusual dialect in a strongly fortified building (7)

17 Long-grained rice? Use a bit, Sam (7)

19 A financial backer finally delivered Othello contribution to producer (5)

20 A key part of the arrival? Oh, a Honolulu hello (5)

22 and 27 Across Bizarrely here with tulip for a Bake Off judge (4,5)

23 Yikes! Escargot and hamburger starters? Yes, in America (4)