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Across
- 1. Unpopular act involving tax (8)
- 5. Drunk woman aboard spirited horse (6)
- 10. Taste a bit of lasagna in gala (5)
- 11. Good luck fixing leak in rickety barge (5,1,3)
- 12. Concealing ball tampering, liar tries to get rid of sandpaper finally in a game (9)
- 13. Scapegoats easily kept perplexed (2,3)
- 14. Love the wings of white exotic bird (6)
- 15. Engineer put to death (7)
- 18. Crime of dealer in stolen goods (7)
- 20. One providing timber stock heartlessly (6)
- 22. Comments given by nationalist for victory in elections (5)
- 24. Careless girl chasing hot men having sex appeal (3-2-4)
- 25. Performing after desire in sack grew rapidly (9)
- 26. Roused by astonishment over sanction (5)
- 27. What might hamper a murder investigation? Mediocrity (6)
- 28. Force husband to break unfortunate impasse (8)
Down
- 1. Agent backing operation to reduce tension (6)
- 2. Upper-class person receiving protests becomes quieter (6,3)
- 3. What a person with lice infestation might do to express bewilderment? (7,4,4)
- 4. Deep recession? (3,4)
- 6. Doctor's instruction while checking with stethoscope – 'Relax!' (4,1,4,6)
- 7. Reasons to arrest student making flags (5)
- 8. Perverts drag revolutionary involved in raising issue (8)
- 9. Hard to dissolve marriage finally (6)
- 16. Concerted move to remove Republican facing hostility around globe (9)
- 17. Where people might be in two minds? (5,3)
- 19. Gas beneath ground exuding trace of butane (6)
- 20. Spot renegade meeting crazy revolutionary in European city (7)
- 21. Snakes surrounding fellows! Losing head, they tremble in forest (6)
- 23. Beat heartless star (5)
