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ACROSS

1 Came round with royals at last and their ceremonial staffs (5)

4 A golden resort in a

county of Ireland (7) 8 Some just eat…

Ray gets a carrier for the dishes (3,4) 9 Weapons used in

cards games (5) 10 Flower that’s blue, lemon, orange or mauve primarily (5) 11 New pelmet for a

place of worship (6) 14 Wee Jane’s bickering about playwright Henrik (5) 16 Group of choristers to entertain teenagers initially (5) 18 Wee Timothy turned back after her, a recluse (6)

21 A mad U-turn at start of street to see Scots TV host Kaye (5) 24 First letter in Athens from a Biblical pharaoh (5)

25 Tom and Anya are prepared for a medical school subject (7)

26 Finish a smaller amount, it’s going on for ever (7) 27 Singing star Boyle is in the baking South African sun (5)

DOWN

1 A friend in the team

gets injured (4) 2 Rachel’s excited to see a member of the Royal Family(7) 3 There’s a prime beef

cut in Lori’s pie (7) 4 Weekly periods of mental confusion, we hear (4)

5 Helen at first sits in

nice cosy corner (5) 6 One of the moaners (some swigging rum perhaps) (5) 7 Heed and don’t ignore anxious

Neil’s tot (6,2) 12 Harpy leaves the pharmacy computer (3)

13 I ask chef about making a fried seafood patty (4,4) 15 Tree in the hamlet

chopped up (3) 16 The troubles and agonies created by a silly Sea Lord (7) 17 Lads support

Jerry’s TV partner and the boisterous girls (7)

19 The Eminem type of music I’d put on at the end is so fast (5)

20 Absolutely up in arms – that is, about a rodent (5)

22 Pat’s in trouble and requests money from someone (4) 23 Carol perhaps and that man, by the sound of it (4)