| Clues across |
| 7 | Cartoon animal messing up lot (5) |
| 8 | Declamatory words spoken thrice or changed (8) |
| 10 | 22 ruined a sailing event (7) |
| 11 | Spoil most of filament and arouse strong emotion (7) |
| 12 | Play the host and treat nine, getting drunk (9) |
| 13 | Illuminated tulip, wilting (3,2) |
| 14 | Visitors in bingo hall? (7) |
| 17 | Mob rage in riot – ban needed! (7) |
| 19 | Bicker in popular guest-house (5) |
| 21 | Old-fashioned answer to question: “Where did this stone come from?” (3,2,4) |
| 24 | Vividly descriptive of father leaving grappa followed by partly-suppressed hiccup (7) |
| 25 | Root for left-winger (7) |
| 26 | Separated, Sidney turns back on Mediterranean island (8) |
| 27 | We hear you are buried in hat – that’s melodramatically sensational! (5) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Ovum turns up inside fruit with hard shell – is it gold? (6) |
| 2 | Romantic music, cert non-U, maybe (8) |
| 3 | Give a District Attorney weapons for navy (6) |
| 4 | Injured, I face end showing brave contempt (8) |
| 5 | Crash of July making you happy (6) |
| 6 | Girl’s flower is a calamity (8) |
| 7 | Organ transplant or a deal for a new car? (4-8) |
| 9 | Black stone pushed along like an aircraft (3-9) |
| 15 | Record cabinet initially put on top of a bin in rude dwelling (3,5) |
| 16 | Drove furiously, getting singed (8) |
| 18 | Be with crazy dud elf and confuse with drink (8) |
| 20 | Itches to change moral code (6) |
| 22 | Great confusion before start of tournament, shooting at this (6) |
| 23 | Agreement about a line, we hear (6) |
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