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                                    ACROSS 1 Out of 
                  bed, exhausted but cheerful (6) 5 
                  Revolting Bolshevik not very matey (8) 9 
                  TV type hosts retro party with leader of opposition often 
                  accompanied by whole kit (8) 10 Odious 
                  creature catches returning condition that stinks – what a 
                  pity! (3,3) 11 Fly with indecent courage? 
                  (10) 12 No more deliveries 
                  (4) 13 Parasites mysteriously seen on 
                  bartender's head? (8) 16 Monk emerges from 
                  salmon pink cast of backbone (6) 17 Meets 
                  sweetheart returning to high regard (6) 19 
                  Nobody eats half of tasty morsel at midday 
                  (8) 21 Note to self: send back royal 
                  honour (4) 22 Research centre left a 
                  bighead with highfalutin language (10) 25 
                  Contemptible fellow in waistcoat (6) 26 
                  Leading light left in a line without hesitation 
                  (8) 27 Like sex used to be, in a manner of 
                  speaking (2,2,4) 28 Carelessly, constantly 
                  tactless, rearranged hosiery 
                  (6)
  DOWN 2 Political leader and 
                  peer produce modicum of wisdom (5) 3 
                  Conjure up naked gardener hugging hollow oak 
                  (5) 4 Quiff cultivator finds debt 
                  reminders tiresome (7) 5 Swim round about 
                  and use lungs (7) 6 Retail operations not 
                  in rented premises (7) 7 Gloomy scientist recast emoticons 
                  (9) 8 Seeker of fast buck, eh? And 
                  histrionic removal man? (9) 14 Is marriage 
                  of Susan and Leslie overbearing without kids? 
                  (9) 15 Cranial depression? I beat it, by 
                  all accounts (3,6) 18 Mix bits of melon 
                  and blancmange (7) 19 They may be 
                  discerned dimly at night, hopelessly unable, on mind-altering 
                  substance (7) 20 Eight awful moaners 
                  (7) 23 Type of music emanating from duet 
                  on a love seat (5) 24 
                  Queen going up batsman's passage broadcast again 
                  (5)
 
 
 
      
                        
                              
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