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No. 792 by Cyclops, Issue 1637
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Across
1 Idle talk: "Leave, piss off!" (6)
5 One hoping for beneficial response is unable to take Liam's eruption? (8)
9 Double-crossed on UK/US round trip, leaders of Al-Qaida try launching stunt (8)
10 Frank's awful, Tom's heartless (6)
11 See 24dn.
12 Extortionate, messy divorce overwhelms poor rep (10)
13 Free up AI? Not ideal (7)
15 Pisspoor parties trail (7)
17 Nurse's hand-out prior to operational cuts? (7)
19 Dash from South Central General (7)
21 Topping liberal leader in revolting evil crime (10)
24 In brief, a celeb's tackle (4)
25 Minor service provider chain acquired by Native American people (6)
26 Descent of terrible dirge into tinkle (8)
27 Wealth measure splits unhappy couple (8)
28 Rogue chops off racehorse's head (6)

Down
2 Survive being declared gay at the end (7)
3 Round pub entrance, dropped kinky belt? (5)
4 Funding McFadden and DeSantis takes time (9)
5 Stock Conservative – pain (5)
6 Summer will do, to make sense (3,2)
7 I'm tired of being beaten and ashamed (9)
8 Tabloid upset about cryptic clue's central part (7)
14 Controversial European – he's to be dismissed by Gove? (9)
16 No Brexiteer recruits duke for balance (9)
18 Tweet about rugby players – "get more gay!" (5,2)
20 Old lover stuck on holiday island – shit (7)
22 China's main bank is to get into laundering? (5)
23 Pal's balls' ultimately grotesque descent (5)
24/11ac.Scrap retreat and counter-attack (5,4)


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