| Clues across |
| 1 | Send Clara off – she can check her dates on these (9) |
| 6 | Suds nearly OK – stir well to get credit (5) |
| 9 | Man grabs first of orders with directions for grass-cutter (5) |
| 10 | Wounded prince, having lost leader of cavalry and clutching bad knee, is refreshed by this man (9) |
| 11 | Civil Aviation Authority branch ordered to provide vehicle (9) |
| 12 | Magistrate has leader of desperadoes put in prison (European) (5) |
| 13 | Avoid American car (5) |
| 15 | One neat trick (unfinished) is complicated (9) |
| 18 | Potato peelings to throw away with broken traps (9) |
| 19 | Hats placed on roof (5) |
| 20 | Bid for money-box with no opening (5) |
| 22 | Recent? (3-6) |
| 25 | A queen retaining clan with two ewes, we’re told, is disposed to be kind (9) |
| 26 | Work takes time to produce 3 down, perhaps (5) |
| 27 | Fish, uncooked, lying within towel, gutted (5) |
| 28 | Stopped and discharged beforehand (9) |
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| Clues down |
| 1 | A hundred, then nothing, a thousand and one followed by another hundred – that’s funny! (5) |
| 2 | Scot’s owl, disturbed, to alight on queen (9) |
| 3 | She’s not quite up to standard (5) |
| 4 | I’m held captive in a country, giving the illusion of movement (9) |
| 5 | Spin coins, making a noise (5) |
| 6 | One ink-jet gets knocked off hinge (4-5) |
| 7 | Fooled Edward, having dessert tipped on his head (5) |
| 8 | It’s said cup-holder, first in sprint, is a witch (9) |
| 13 | Woman’s son steps on insect making jarring sounds (9) |
| 14 | ”Most of empire”, I state, “is based on experiment” (9) |
| 16 | Working party organise a rockfest (4-5) |
| 17 | Portion for vegetable plot (9) |
| 21 | Satyr has a collection of all forms of animal life (5) |
| 22 | Wild flower? P&O return with forty-one on board (5) |
| 23 | Wear away pole found in Eastern Europe, initially (5) |
| 24 | After I disappear, Daniel turns out animal (5) |
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