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7 and 8 Willingly accompanied by “Some hae meat etc” (4,1,4,5)

10 Upper class fur can be profited from (6) 11 Heat-holding garments used in treatment to melt rash (8)

12 Wrongly named it as a pair (2,6) 13 Clergyman with 3 for dance (4) 15 Sophy [sic] sighs at entering department of science (7)

17 Developing passion for crude gin _ not right! (7)

20 Incentive to bypass purgatory is endemic (4)

22 War memorial is not cheap, alas (8)

25 Is teased about agricultural policy (3-5) 26 One is inherently macho, for the most part

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(6) 27 and 28 Youthful infatuation with Eton mess? (9,5) 1 and 24 Avoids making decision _ puts down the receiver (4,2,3,5)

2 Pandas’ mothers, say, may be pierced with farmer’s tool (3-5)

3 Outfit will be expensive allegedly for both of us (7)

4 Referred to notice of job vacancy, perhaps, by editor (8)

5 Quick-fire exercises held after school dance (6) 6 and 14 Reach the heights with language of dental hygiene (5,3,6)