Across
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1
State welcome includes a whiskey — first class! (6)
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4
Wife’s at home, the husband’s out and runs when it’s cold (6)
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9
Speed is 1,000 and 100 in reverse (4)
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10
Mother and boy tend to awkwardness (10)
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11
Nice lemon in tonic, mixed right inside (6)
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12
Stomach problem from avid reader’s head going hard (8)
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13
For example, woman will pack extremely ginormous cases (9)
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15
Old criminal carrying a burden (4)
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16
Recovering abstainer leaves drink (4)
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17
Outstanding independent region houses 2,000 people altogether (9)
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21
Rejecting volunteers, politician’s swamped by mock test essays (8)
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22
Missile to stun borders of Egypt (6)
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24
Unable to write 49 + 51 three times a quarter? (10)
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25
Second piece of bacon (4)
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26
Thatcher’s revolting for jailing opposition leader and the Queen (6)
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27
Get away with key? (6)
Down
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1
Suspended sentence? (7)
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2
Attendant spills first drink (5)
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3
1 + 1000 + 1000 + (7- 5): roughly, that’s huge (7)
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5
Cast iron contains note for use within the home (6)
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6
Demolish place over hard crossword? (5,4)
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7
Colour of restored building: timeless (4-3)
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8
Everybody let son and daughter cut grass on 1/11 (3,7,3)
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14
Good man and woman’s life wins heart of working campaigner against apartheid (5,4)
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16
One packaging 16 across, but not Courage? (7)
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18
Sells millions on hot streak … (7)
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19
… unlimited by 100 pound and English sentimentality (7)
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20
Each master eats pastry (6)
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23
Snake about to bite Rob to bits (5)
