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Across
- 1. Ambassador's staff member nearly in fix (6)
- 4. Charm and unhand! (6)
- 9. Spirit of independence in revolutionary sphere (4)
- 10. Hermit finding radical alternative to money becomes generous (10)
- 11. A soldier infiltrates a party slowly (6)
- 12. Commencing side-splitting hijinks that helps recall (8)
- 13. She's got animal magnetism! (3,6)
- 15. Reportedly nasty air (4)
- 16. Genuine nanotech tubes, boxes (4)
- 17. Soft material used in many a sheep rifle (9)
- 21. Preparing antigens for plants (8)
- 22. Maintenance of Lucknow stronghold? (6)
- 24. Earth has two alien empires heh? (10)
- 25. Casual refusals from West and East for North Indian food (4)
- 26. Gender identity primarily expressed in series (6)
- 27. Take-offs hoaxes? On the contrary (3-3)
Down
- 1. Cut obtained by removing cockatoo crest from birdcage clumsily (7)
- 2. A great multitude runs out for knickers (5)
- 3. Act left after latter half of TV comedy show (7)
- 5. Less certain in case of fire, quake (6)
- 6. Nit-picked careless articulation of the novelist (9)
- 7. Turn into soldiers in advance, say (7)
- 8. Took back menu on discovering type of pepper I sprinkled to be quite plain (13)
- 14. Hairy task falling to this lot in the past? (9)
- 16. Ingredient of three successive letters written ahead of time (7)
- 18. Modern upper classes welcomed exhibition opening in the Victoria and Albert after initial rejection (7)
- 19. Contemporaries' firm gets rebellious servant (7)
- 20. Australian creeper a foreigner in China (6)
- 23. Samurai skill daughter deployed during game (5)