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ACROSS

1 Herb for pesto in

Fawlty Towers (5)

4 A disrespectful laugh? Yes, Ginger’s disgraceful (7)

8 Get the gift of the gab by hanging around Larne (7) 9 Deck out a party at

the Royal Navy (5) 10 Keeps car engine running to bring back Di and wee Leslie (5)

11 Wrongly blamed for

a state of uproar (6) 14 Whoops it up in the centre of Verona with MPs (5)

16 Little Sheila departed, heading west to move the bicycle (5)

18 Tea with Del possibly? Yes, really delighted (6) 21 Pacino’s in South America briefly for a dance (5) 24 A group of Dominican monks perhaps in the Borders (5) 25 Sean got nervous when acting in the theatre (2,5) 26 Experts who sample wines or baked S.E. tarts (7)

27 Some crazy rugby upset – men initially in a huddle for the ball (5)

DOWN

1 Chop up the kebabs for the child, honey (4)

2 What showbiz wannabes yearn for – an amazingly smart do (7)

3 Hangs around to see N.E. girls doing exercises (7)

4 Back from Bombay, Oscar has a meat substitute (4)

5 Annie is seriously

stupid (5) 6 A big row? Laura reveals it’s the noise of a dog (5)

7 Sprint a 1760-yard distance to avoid something (3,1,4) 12 Money, we hear, but

not a buck (3) 13 Storm-hit outsider recovers after the deluge (5,3)

15 Drug in an earthen

ware container (3) 16 Expresses warm approval in tour of S.E. Paris (7)

17 Ed is upset over a Paris gathering creating anguish (7) 19 Gives support, we hear, to the political assistants (5)

20 The smaller volunteer, I explained, is creepy (5)

22 Takes more than one’s share of the pigs and boars (4) 23 He is with Lady Muck primarily at the captain’s post (4)