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ACROSS

1 A mate from

Dresden (5)

4 It’s a fact – pal constructed a door for Tom (3-4)

8 A mimic who does a Puss in Boots impression? (7) 9 The bore’s travelling

on the wagon (5) 10 Director Woody has to leave Cinderella to get a drink (5) 11 Teased about being calm and serenely composed (6)

14 Nan ordered Donald Duck? Yes, first of all, he’s a Toytown boy (5)

16 The CA returned new car to Ghana’s capital (5)

18 Student loses the head with a breadwinner (6)

21 Leapt out to fetch something for the dinner table (5) 24 A Singapore cocktail? David’s one got Goliath stoned! (5) 25 I arrive all excited to see this jet-set area on the Med (7) 26 Wee Morag gets engaged and goes back for savings (4-3)

27 Relying on youth and looks initially – like a princess (5)

DOWN

1 Prepare to shoot a

rooster (4)

2 Made an insinuation? Yes, one MP told fibs (7)

3 Robin Hood’s skill, practised down Ambridge way? (7) 4 Reductions in cold

meat slices (4) 5 Sample of Santa’s

tequila (5)

6 Larry is buying your apples primarily for an African state (5)

7 In the arena,

MSP could be the big cheese! (8) 12 Little Cedric must come up this month, briefly (3)

13 Sneakily ensnared for Hans, a big name in fairy tales (8) 15 Knock back some Pernod with a mafia boss (3)

16 Done and dusted? Yes, from top to toe (3,4)

17 Terrible cruelty with the knives, forks and spoons (7)

19 A resin concoction for the horse rider’s straps (5)

20 Use a wide-angle (when there’s no wind) for a mountain bird (5)

22 A pirate’s drink from buccaneering rogues (4)

23 A room to deck with boughs of holly – a bit of a challenge (4)