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ACROSS

1 It’s bad taste in Mississippi and Alabama maybe (5) 4 Dan! Push off – it’s the gunman’s order (5,2)

8 Head towards marijuana and deteriorate through neglect (2,2,3)

9 Led the wrong way? Hi, heading to an Asian city (5)

10 Wee Wolfgang’s torment must create a feeling of dread (5)

11 It’s a cert, I’m mad about the decimal system (6)

14 Fed up, they say, with the trustees’ committee (5)

16 Little Morag owns some formal frocks (5)

18 If Prof gets agitated, it must be a swindle (3-3)

21 Before an era of changes and before ye go in Scotland (5)

24 Throw someone out? Wee Victoria’s inside! (5)

25 Be resolute and persevere with the priests somehow (7)

26 The card for a brief message is in the new tent, Leo (7)

27 Eddy’s after Tesco’s first soft toy for children (5)

DOWN

1 A wise guy’s herb (4)

2 Dec’s mate upset Anne with part of a TV set (7)

3 Revealed a former girlfriend sat for a portrait painter (7)

4 Uses violence in successful stage shows perhaps (4)

5 A friendly push from the first of the girls in the nude (5)

6 It’s an eco-friendly type of energy, so Larbert uses it (5)

7 Ordered chips and Ada didn’t use a plastic card… (4,4)

12 …in addition, picked up the sliced beetroot (3)

13 Bad Renée does a tour of Scots city (8)

15 Take a drop of rioja in the Copacabana city (3)

16 Fetch something and give it your best shot (2,3,2)

17 Sadly rowdier, so distressed and ill at ease (7)

19 Copy the great artists in tap dancing (5)

20 Overweight Mr Pacino? This will be ruinous (5)

22 Tops up with just a small amount (4)

23 Some take a year initially to settle in one area (4)