| Clues across |
| 1 | He patrols in the dark, making hangman twitch (5-8) |
| 8 | Agile doctor plunged into African river (6) |
| 9 | Stressed chimp ate strangely (8) |
| 10 | Split lease (4) |
| 11 | Church leader’s tree (5) |
| 12 | Make long hard journey on foot, returning in quicker time (4) |
| 13 | Respected European steed runs round Maine (8) |
| 16 | Twisted garter found in attic (6) |
| 18 | Plant found in marshy ground next to National Engineering Laboratory (6) |
| 19 | Surprise! Toni’s wedged in tree! (8) |
| 20 | Dad’s upset tots (4) |
| 22 | Avoid Venetian magistrate holding leader of delinquents (5) |
| 24 | Man, perhaps? I’ll say! (4) |
| 26 | Drink – demon ale, maybe (8) |
| 27 | So this alters lifts (6) |
| 28 | Confidence in not dying? Or cash if you do? (4,9) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Being ingenuous, I hide in main part of church (5) |
| 2 | Intermediary engaged in shuttle diplomacy (2-7) |
| 3 | The queen turns up – but not here! (5) |
| 4 | Deed man altered (7) |
| 5 | Reproduction OK? Not with this in force! (9) |
| 6 | Average time intended (5) |
| 7 | Silent lionesses are confused (9) |
| 14 | Rush placed on healthy plant (9) |
| 15 | Sensational piece for the stage said to be a mature play (9) |
| 17 | Intro Enid played for performance of song (9) |
| 19 | Dreads to change something starting where one lives (7) |
| 21 | Jeer, making last of actors cough, by the sound of it (5) |
| 23 | Three becomes a different sort of number (5) |
| 25 | French and English articles combined in a machine (5) |
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