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Across
- 1. Questionably ribald art in wedding gown attachment (6,5)
- 9. Not fully verifying what may happen at hotel (5-2)
- 10. Tanning places also changed with air refreshed (7)
- 11. A main release of soul (5)
- 12. Hot spot — one without front gets disapproval (9)
- 13. Lost 1000 from fortune I had — it's clear! (5)
- 15. Get up like those worm-catching birds (4,5)
- 18. A likely response to "Oh, my darling" in congenial surroundings (3,2,4)
- 21. Male, girl, male, lady ... (5)
- 22. Gives up — declines to hold the investigators back (9)
- 24. In a manner of speaking, blackguard pushed away boy (5)
- 26. The man's musical instrument I snatched away from certain US resident (7)
- 27. OT prophet beginning to mutter in the manner of Greek character (7)
- 28. Kid in street thieves' group at disturbed Golan (6,5)
Down
- 1. Support, every, every marginal place of shady transactions (4,5)
- 2. Nice about one tribe (5)
- 3. A week taken to retire heartless lady – ineptly (9)
- 4. Moroccan port having a stronger flavour (7)
- 5. Gives as portents (7)
- 6. New French girl's name (5)
- 7. Our journalist follows wing that's protected (8)
- 8. Thin meat cut fellow discarded (4)
- 14. Where he'd sacks to stuff money received (4,4)
- 16. Dare males to change novel woman character (9)
- 17. Banging not hard but incessantly — to the end — talking (9)
- 19. Express profusely with sections switched in torrent (7)
- 20. Direction to staff of US town (7)
- 22. A revolutionary to feel bad (4)
- 23. Was sarcastic partly, holding back being oafish (5)
- 25. Lizard, say, turning and about to destroy briefly (5)
