| Clues across |
| 8 | Smoothly held by agile ’gator (6) |
| 9 | Quiet, no war – but ended up with bad dose of flu (8) |
| 10 | Very productive Greek character mixed up in wild frolic (8) |
| 11 | Cotton wrapped round screw (6) |
| 12 | Scheme for teaching workers New Year deals with capital of Ethiopia (3-7) |
| 14 | Acted around Europe and passed away (4) |
| 15 | Screwed up nerve, for example, to get own back (7) |
| 17 | How’s day? Dim! (7) |
| 20 | Wine found in a still (4) |
| 22 | Presses rat out – he shouldn’t be there (10) |
| 24 | Question: It’s said you owe a drink to enough people to hold a meeting! (6) |
| 25 | Sat back and drank sloppily inside vessels (8) |
| 27 | Meter maid, losing head, turning back, then going first across circle (8) |
| 28 | Drama on board ship spreads (6) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | Get smaller iron? (8) |
| 2 | Start tobogganing in France – go higher (6) |
| 3 | Floor turns upside down and fifty are lost. – Now it’s become this! (4) |
| 4 | A splice could be extraordinary (7) |
| 5 | 15, perhaps, seen in fights over joint (10) |
| 6 | “Put down old king amongst dead” – Editor (8) |
| 7 | Kind sort of race, easy to start (6) |
| 13 | Run off, and I follow with colleague – it’s within the law (10) |
| 16 | “Rotten pies carry little weight” – is this one of those pithy remarks? (8) |
| 18 | Sundays excluded? They’re feeble occasions, we’re told (8) |
| 19 | First three of terrorists surrounded from all directions in cowboy film (7) |
| 21 | Want somewhere to work? Turn Sid out! (6) |
| 23 | Wraps quiet boring tools (6) |
| 26 | Feature very big in Newcastle area (4) |
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