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  1. Jack, for instance, is an eccentric (4)
  2. Remove trousers from a suede bag in the drawer (5)
  3. Draw doctor beside a girl (4)
  4. Confess before the French model in a vest (7)
  5. Isabella finally gets the heart of Angelo at the end of ‘Measure For Measure’ (7)
  6. Suspender (5)
  7. A leader of nobility, Timon failed in charge, denying the difference between right and wrong (9)
  8. You and I taken aback at school by an American author (9)
  9. Fruit drink containing vitamins (5)
  10. Famous Egyptian lawyer sat around (5)
  11. Unfortunately I err badly with the worm catcher (5,4)
  12. Severely criticise a fool coming back into class (9)
  13. Theban study takes in religious education (5)
  14. Alternatively, re-do cab in fabric (7)
  15. One final request includes the source of Labour and Liberal enmity (3-4)
  16. Originally tangerine then gold, yellow and blue (4)
  17. ‘Accused in Thailand’ by a Times journalist (5)
  18. Cat call in front of many brought back great sorrow (4)
  1. A crime within Greek island gambling establishments (7)
  2. Let oneself go with railwaymen returning to look at the earliest stage of deregulation (3,2,4)
  3. Even endings sometimes need it (5,4)
  4. Stop girl coming to street (5)
  5. Kingdom of God receives woman without key (5)
  6. Noncommissioned officer props up broken leg before Lee’s final battle (7)
  7. Depressed Conservative (4)
  8. A former Prime Minister’s nickname is ‘Smooth Boy’ - Why we ask? (4,4)
  9. Beat exhausted competitor (8)
  10. Put seconds on the table (5,4)
  11. When most people are looking in a set direction (5,4)
  12. Instrument bag only (7)
  13. Ransacked Wales and, without reinforcements, ultimately conquered part of England (7)
  14. River trip after the first of September (5)
  15. A sphere of activity in which McClaren assisted Eriksson (5)
  16. Unfriendly rebuke without quarter (4)
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