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ACROSS

1 Steals a sizzling steak (5)

4 Interfere with a key piece of a Saudi’s turbocharger (7)

8 A cowboy may wear one in the tents – so awkward (7)

9 Reverse from a hidden rut, unfortunately (1-4)

10 Tam leaves Moffat with hesitation to make a house bid (5)

11 Goalie boyfriend who’s a possible husband (6)

14 Accountant came back with Ted and did something (5)

16 A lovable rascal among Hi-De-Hi’s campers (5)

18 Dave retired in North America, briefly in the Las Vegas state (6)

21 Eccentric in my bar swaps places (5) 24 A Sixties dance that will involve sexy turns primarily (5)

25 Key note for a piano pupil in the centre of Chicago! (6,1)

26 Perhaps Camilla is with some cons or tricksters (7)

27 Starts to drop really expensive antique mirror – a nightmare perhaps (5)

DOWN

1 Using bits of the asbestos has to be nonsense (4)

2 Stay in good physical shape and have a kip with feet out (4,3)

3 Stop for a while – puss is wandering to the end (7)

4 Oxford tutors for the

Pittodrie players (4)

5 Lightly fry something and have fresh tea with us (5)

6 Illegally take over in Kathmandu, surprisingly (5)

7 A silly prank but it made us financially ruined (8)

12 Choose a little pet

cat and so forth (3)

13 The upcoming ten involved in magic are attractive (8)

15 Actress Longoria is

in the boulevard (3)

16 Cad’s led away having got into hot water (7)

17 He wrote about Winnie the Pooh – and the Alamein conflicts (1,1,5)

19 A peace or victory gesture – but not always (1-4)

20 Part of an audit,

totally the same (5) 22 Mildly offensive material from crass mutineers (4)

23 A swindle when many of the iMacs got lifted (4)