Clear and concise clueing from Falcon today
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1 LABRADOR (L ABROAD)* R[ex]
6 SHABBY SH quiet (BABY)*
9 BEDLAM pandemonium BED plot LAM strike
10 SUITABLE fit SUIT cards ABLE
11 STAY check S second TAY river
12 SWITCHBACK rollercoaster SWITCH divert BACK second
14 SCORPION house of Zodiac SCORPIO [plaype]N
16 UTAH state, hidden in withoUTAHome
18 SPIV VIPS<
19 OVERDRAW stretch truth OVER concerning DRAW lottery
21 METROPOLIS capital ME (SILO container PORT)< backing
22 RUBY girl RUGBY school losing middle letter
24 BRACELET band BRACE couple LET hired
26 OEUVRE work [man]OEUVRE
27 PRONTO quickly (NO PORT)*
28 EVENSONG service EVERSO still NG no good
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2 ADEPT expert in A DEPT
3 RALLY DRIVER demonstration RALLY golf club DRIVER
4 DOMESTIC dd
5 RUSSIAN ROULETTE act of bravado – one bullet in gun chamber
6 SNITCH tell tales NIT fool in SCH school
7 AGA commander A[ugusta] GA Georgia
8 BALACLAVA dd
13 BLUNDERBUSS gun B US black American in BLUNDERS
15 CUPBEARER Hebe was cupbearer of Olympus C UP BEARER messenger
17 GEMSTONE clue 22a RUBY (SOME GENT)*
20 APOLLO handsome man A POLL a ballot O oscar
23 BARON nobleman BAR pub ON working
25 CAN naval slang for depth charge C chapter AN a new
dd = double definition < = reverse ( )* = anagram [ ] = omit
All good except 14 & 15.