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ACROSS

1 Saint briefly eats wee sugary treat

(5)

4 Labour Party leader Keir could be smarter (7)

8 A loan Eve arranged when absent from the navy (2,5)

9 Eva of Argentina’s comeback in a Reno repertory (5)

10 The Irish get set to see Tory Party leader Sunak (5) 11 Cash container is wet – and everything is inside (6) 14 Special bonus for petty officer on the merchant ship (5) 16 Underworld figure sat with heartless American (5) 18 Some cleaners are

more slender (6) 21 Fawlty became a study in lunacy, first and foremost (5) 24 Take part in wildest outings to get the Guinness maybe (5) 25 SNP leader John must pour out the NY wines (7) 26 Ill-tempered and unhelpful after awful PR typos (7) 27 Blood line? Yes, actor Oliver’s related to Angelina, primarily (5)

DOWN

1 Stow away to study

for an exam (4) 2 Cream-filled pastries made by Alice Sr (7)

3 Each must fill a metal food can for the seminar (5-2) 4 Took legal action? Yes, Susan briefly goes over the first of the documents (4)

5 Ah! Pal is off to find

the leading man (5) 6 Upset rum over Al’s

wall painting (5) 7 Sound from a mobile phone due to swirling nitrogen (8) 12 Saucy Perrins’ partner finds a green pasture (3) 13 Sis and the bloke travelled to see the Egyptian pillars (8) 15 Run away with the

tea server (3) 16 Staying power? Yes, Tam in Aberdeen has endurance (7) 17 What dieters hope to get – turpentine, for example (7)

19 A touch of glam

– our Parisian love affair (5)

20 Take a wee seat upstairs to finish your meal (3,2) 22 Catch sight of some ghastly pseuds going north (4) 23 Moggie at first upsets any talkative bird (4)