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ACROSS

1 Saw silly Westminster politician in the marshland (5) 4 Protect yourself from the sun with a whitewash (5-2)

8 A petty rogue in the orchestra – or on the roof (7)

9 Eagerly accept the French young dog (3,2)

10 Sitting in mum’s car, frozen? You need a winter warmer (5) 11 ID documents from Daily Record and Sunday Mail, say (6) 14 Fergus today will show panache and pizzazz (5) 16 Haughty? A very tall

guy in the attic? (5) 18 Nervously recant in a hypnotic state (6)

21 A very big steak to send round to Ben (1-4) 24 Goats ripped up Julius Caesar’s clothing (5) 25 Listener hit by gun, within hearing distance (7) 26 Come down the stairs perhaps and send Dec away (7) 27 Screams and shouts? Yes, with a couple of learners inside (5)

DOWN

1 Prepare the flour in smaller batches, if tight-fisted (4) 2 Idiotic acts did create shopaholics, for example (7)

3 A pal gets more fidgety in the capital of Sicily (7)

4 A stopper in Ireland’s second largest city (4)

5 The big house’s wall ivy needs to be cut back (5) 6 Raj’s money is from Physical Education in a French street (5) 7 Olive Oyl’s sweetheart eats heartless Ellis’s steak (8)

12 A golf club worker has to return from Torphichen (3) 13 Disturbed and upset when I get data muddled (8)

15 Stan leaves tenants

half a score (3) 16 Imprisoned in Bali, Bert yesterday got freedom (7)

17 A series of fun challenges for the Madeira capital (7) 19 Actor-comedian Deayton in Forfar’s council area (5) 20 We hear actors in a play are an Indian society group (5) 22 Maybe a Big Bang Theory geek upset some children (4) 23 They give out cash –

Tam’s amazed (1,1,2)

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