Across
Reward staggering, but no end to poverty (6)
Very brief dance around yard (6)
See 27
Old-time dance from theatre's top male surgeons? (3,7)
I didn't catch that release (6)
European match abandoned — accepted by Brown (8)
Central company in theatre production (2,3,4)
16a
Shrub came back to life — army mobilised! (8)
See 15
Stuffing knocked out of Lulu in break of service — retiring (9)
Secret drinker comes to earth in Morecambe? (8)
High Court division disposes of hollow ruby, making fortune (6)
Take butterfly and name 'Bambi'? (10)
Folk hero's bonnet (4)
Musical token of affection cut short by opera house (6)
9a
Strong punch that would make you croak? (6,4)
Down
Clanger: left out large fixed capital (7)
Nothing outstanding, no ring, no spouse! (5)
Inca dances, led by bird, that didn't go down well (7)
Building's unprofitable, as well as lacking love (4-2)
California-located, hilarious people working together (2,7)
Dress put on mature bull (7)
Showing an ironic sort of loving care, secret minder fiddled with electronic implant (6,7)
Compact newspaper? That's novel (4,5)
Got the wrong idea Adam is too kind at heart (7)
City relieving poor Uncle Remus of total raised (7)
Year after Hugo's first success (7)
Sweep following round Peeler? (6)
Louse's elevated state kept under wraps (5)
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