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Across
- 1. Skeleton over small mound! Go ballistic (4,4,5)
- 8. One in bathroom is somewhat blotto, we learn (5)
- 9. Leaves listeners enthralled by hit (6,3)
- 11. Stunning bird approaches old chaps entertained by lap dance (10)
- 12. Best to take pawn for knight (4)
- 14. Italian violinist’s heart problem returns (7)
- 16. Scrap in bar over a little remark (7)
- 17. Almost killed, receiving knock in fight (7)
- 19. All are high on ecstasy and drink (4,3)
- 21. Wicket lost in fine game played by children (1-3)
- 22. Move to arrest atheist essentially spreading disinformation (10)
- 25. Clumsy girl! Don’t be in such a rush? (9)
- 26. Lives to bring charges against heirs (5)
- 27. Be in a very precarious state with illogical instruction to executioner? (4,2,1,6)
Down
- 2. Cheap attire that’s essential for climbing hills (3,4)
- 3. Gangster troubling folk captured by partner in pursuit (4,2,4)
- 4. Good to keep husband in place (5)
- 5. Cry when boyfriend gets overwhelmed by strain (4,1,4)
- 6. Weary couple taking a bit of rest (4)
- 7. Staff is more congenial after receiving a little raise (7)
- 8. What actors dislike in print – bad acting reviews ultimately (11)
- 10. Be the most outrageous man in attack! Keep battling to remove President (4,3,4)
- 13. English girls lost over cliff getting more dishevelled (10)
- 15. Intoxication from one tiny beer! Strange (9)
- 18. Ebullient friend hugging son accepted in Scandinavian University (7)
- 20. Partly reviewed data is on gait in sensory disorder (7)
- 23. Very upset in Gulf state (5)
- 24. Request to catch glimpse of renowned Austrian composer (4)