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1 Minor alteration to the coins in your pocket (5,6) 9 Offers to workers (5) 10 Fruit of poem included in performance by musical instrument (8) 12 Time for marching doubled up? (3-4) 13 Well I never seem not to get flustered (5,2) 14 Worries about ways to vary guitar notes (5) 15 Historical account the french followed over a long time (9) 18 Pay attention to legal business involving wallets (9) 20 Intends to make plenty of money (5) 21 Areas divided by lively escorts (7) 24 Making beer and British wine that’s surprisingly good (7) 25 Postpone helicopter surveillance of elderly (4,4) 26 Famous artist located on Santorini (5) 27 Yes, I veer and wobble, but don’t give up intention to succeed (5,3,3)

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2 They bring good luck to mother – Glaswegian, perhaps (7) 3 Humorous verse about green haystacks (9) 4 Soothes with a hundred acts of charity (5) 5 Suffix for family business adds nothing etc (3,2,2) 6 World gives honour to vacuous girl (5) 7 Snap conclusion too close to call (5,6) 8 Rude while sailing to the Isle of Wight (8) 11 Turn coat inside out for going backwards (7,4) 16 Parry Serb cut and thrust with noisy 17 Musical instrument played with wine consumed at home (8) 19 Dire cow produced cream cheese (7) 20 I stream work of top musicians (7) 22 Give credit to single elderly person (5) 23 Keeps document on South Africa competing with El Salvador (5)