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Across
- 1. Ram resorts to coercion... (3-8)
- 9. ...deals with partner and gets a company share primarily (7)
- 10. Plans to pinch the cash (7)
- 11. Veils will be in demand following month on Sabbath (5)
- 12. Single French gentlemen seen at topless model's engagement (9)
- 13. Mercenary, hooligan in jail, arrested (5)
- 15. A batsman with no substance, say consumed at first slip; gives up (9)
- 18. Small step taken with uncertainty; avoided bad start but got dazed (6-3)
- 21. One who works in a pit may ingest noxious elements right at the start (5)
- 22. Partner is a techie sweating to earn a billion by middle of September (9)
- 24. Fabric many long to hold (5)
- 26. Most important to retain right to have a cocktail (7)
- 27. Tiring routine of artist to draw (3,4)
- 28. Brotherhood is the norm, say (11)
Down
- 1. Passage's last word is on tanks, shells and weaponry (9)
- 2. Manufactures notebook at school (5)
- 3. Woman's maturity and degree determines salary structure (4,5)
- 4. Some of the wisest in academia compose a poem (7)
- 5. Husband leads Uma into hotel that's strange (7)
- 6. Reptile skips the end of the door and takes another gate (5)
- 7. Name of the child's Regina, delivered by nurse on 1st... (8)
- 8. ...which is a crime (2,2)
- 14. He ranted about a cowboy (8)
- 16. Arranges in pairs and shoots right away (9)
- 17. Oddly wander on road before having some liquor at Yanam primarily (9)
- 19. Evil weather? (7)
- 20. Deduction is that belt's almost genuine and modish basically (7)
- 22. Groom is about to get old, maiden's baulking to start (4)
- 23. Prepare cheese, feta to begin with (5)
- 25. Look at the source, take notice, receive direction and study (5)
