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ACROSS

1 Wee drinks at the Burns Supper made Dr Sam tiddly (5)

4 Revealed: former partner sat for an artist (7)

8 May’s Lab gets wild and unruly – it’s extremely bad (7)

9 Louts disrupted a

meditation pose (5)

10 William is initially with politicians in London – timid people (5)

11 UK duo’s baffled to see numbers game (6)

14 Statement of beliefs that makes you red in company (5)

16 An off-hand remark from a Peterhead librarian (2-3)

18 Possibly recant in a hypnotic state (6)

21 “Greatest” boxer at a street briefly with top celebs (1-4)

24 Dwelling in Accra, I tasted a yoghurt, cucumber and mint dish (5)

25 Liberal revised writing system for the blind (7)

26 Teen Mel repaired the coil in an electric kettle (7)

27 Some of the ju-jitsu performers are marvellous (5)

DOWN

1 The Bard got upset with the dull and dreary (4)

2 Use the amenity whenever you like (7)

3 Dodgy promise of an “amateur” who is paid some of the time (4-3)

4 Fish held in a creel – salmon? (4)

5 The smaller pupil, Austin, got an Indian rice dish (5)

6 Returned from Charlottesville to a short heated fight (3-2)

7 Breaks the peace and Stu’s bird flies away (8)

12 Flop with a useless firework (3)

13 Sneaky secret of being unpunished, without penalty (4-4)

15 A man cave is found in Ardentinny (3)

16 Hanging on every word, like Disney’s Dumbo? (3,4)

17 Final pal turned up for the conclusion of the race (4,3)

19 Ran away from an angry Algerian? Yes, nimble (5)

20 A high-speed scene with movie star Chevy (5)

22 A wager to assist in a crime (4)

23 A somewhat bleary-eyed king in Shakespeare (4)