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Across
- 8. Cut from knife's edge after fight (6)
- 9. Tired from a weekend at sea (8)
- 10. Very confusing article running from top to bottom (8)
- 11. By sacrificing rook board has black leading (6)
- 12. Mules stomping all around caught displaying brawn (6)
- 13. Vessel carried by officer that's finally opened is full (8)
- 15. Minimal profit seen in bank's returns (7)
- 17. Journalist's revolution blocks return of autocrats (7)
- 20. Policing busted a drug ring, pusher finally escapes (8)
- 22. Guess boys have no yen for greens (6)
- 23. Silver lining? Pure and simple it's not much (6)
- 25. Port during winter lacked way leading inside (8)
- 26. Reveals hidden secret about female's first love (8)
- 27. Anxiety after hiding heroin (6)
Down
- 1. List of clues he'd rearranged (8)
- 2. Fussy individual (10)
- 3. Secure criminal got free (6)
- 4. Bird's sickly lacking weight (7)
- 5. Grill perhaps to stop worker going outside club often (8)
- 6. Man's escorted an indefinite number of women (4)
- 7. Put your two cents for medal during conversation (6)
- 14. Royal pup – it somehow gets adulation (10)
- 16. Leap over fence, doffing hat to witness (8)
- 18. Dale opts to go around for some amphibian larvae (8)
- 19. Touching thanks expressed over securing wins (7)
- 21. Entertainment not started yet? That's not fair (6)
- 22. People put out notice about dry lake (6)
- 24. Upcoming promotion for 4? (4)
