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1 Court giving year to unscrupulous character CHANCERY CHANCER + Y
6 Pound snatched by poor, that’s clear BALD L in BAD
9 Religious adherent following two lines of St Bridget? HINDOO HIND and is it really OO for Bridget Bardot’s contours?
10 Snake turned white? Something in heredity ELAPID PALE< ID id is a chromosome in Weissman’s theory
11 Scribbling legal document, South American political figure returned WRITATIVE WRIT + EVITA<
13 Puts individual mark on salesperson I retrained PERSONALISES (SALESPERSON I)*
15 Groom about to enter estate in Jamaica PREEN RE in PEN
17 Further amendment? It’s evident in coin’s edge RE-EDITING IT in REEDING
18 Scots misery about mistake in rubbish tax WATER RATE (ERR in TAT) in WAE
21 High-flying as some final teams IN ALT fINAL Teams in altissimo (music)
22 Reuse chapter that’s abandoned – educational expert SUPERTEACHER (REUSE CHAPTER)*
23 Falsehood in article sits awkwardly, provoking psychiatrists ALIENISTS LIE in AN + (SITS)*
24 Local bloke’s chance curtailed: it’s fool’s gold MUNDIC MUN + DIC[e]
25 Opera supplied openings in Rome FEDORA FED + ORA ora is plural of os (Latin)
26 Far parts of the stream display various terrapins EMYS far parts = last letters
27 Dog retains no little power with old paw KEESHOND KEE[p]S + HOND
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1 Token seats accommodating accepted Native Americans CHIPPEWAS CHIP + A in PEWS
2 Source of winter survival: spreading of mulch and urea in bed primarily HIBERNACULUM (MULCH UREA IN B[ed])*
3 Englishman abroad mostly matured in a New Zealand setting ANGREZ GRE[w] in A NZ
4 Government officials put nothing in secret places CORONERS O in CORNERS
5 Mentally disabled people are started at work RETARDATES (ARE STARTED)*
6 Fabric tack round it after reflection BATISTE IT< in BASTE
7 Power is evident in American mimicry APISM P IS in AM
8 Experience rise of wickedness: adrenalin pulsing, as one escapes LIVE AND LEARN EVIL< (ADRENAL[i]N)*
12 Benefit ignoring energy and distance in space INTERSTICE INTER[e]ST + ICE
14 Play immediately shows pace after expression of sadness SIGHTREAD SIGH + TREAD
16 Corrupts volume: starts deleting one note VITIATES V + [in]ITIATES
17 Understand about colours? On the contrary – lays out garden again RESEEDS SEE in REDS
19 Lout embodying British expression of defiance YAHBOO B in YAHOO
20 Troublesome media manipulation ending in infamy SPINY SPIN + [infam]Y