Across
1
One little sibling in this state (2,2)
4
Striker’s fit to stay (10)
9
Criminal with fetish, disquieted, takes time getting paper cut to celebrate (8)
10
Light railway running over that man’s sign (3,3)
11
Pull back plants to get stem (4)
12
Family send back son to show love (8)
15
Three parts of Perth City in disarray with energy shortage (8)
16
Pointless clue? (3-3)
18
Britain to join alliance of countries that is turning away one of its members? (6)
19
Artist with pursed lips? (8)
20
Fancy lace? Covering edges, insert detergent (8)
22
Graphical representation of semiconducting component (4)
24
Kind of carbon dating losing bond as transcarbonification starts (6)
26
I would back Sauron in a tangle with ancient monster (8)
27
Significant damage to gun in flame (10)
28
What Muramasa kept drinking? (4)
Down
2
Fish odour hiding in footwear (4)
3
Device to secure a female type mixed up in wrongdoing (6,3)
4
Aristotelian works off steamy chips (11)
5
Gordian knot withheld for respect (5,3,5,2)
6
Sexy nude photo (3)
7
Link it back to one in Germany (3-2)
8
Graduated in style—on condition I read regularly (10)
13
About diet, sorely regret coating tuna in oil (11)
14
Start to prattle on about seal wasted on drug not yet widely available (10)
17
Hangs around Stornoway regularly to get cooked meals (3,6)
21
Visitor that is joining LAN party (5)
23
First half of Dunkirk’s impressive score (4)
25
Some intelligence (3)
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