Across
Items batsmen hit in the air for slip (5-2)
Some chocolate brought over in perfect case of cocoa beans (7)
See 17
Seems towelling filled with poo, shake a leg! (4,6)
Relax, militant carnivore's cry? (3,3)
It’s positively charged, reporting uproar after getting 24 across? (8)
Too sad, the fragments belonging to a nation (9)
See 27
21d
Nostalgic memory of Vesuvius (AD79) (5,4,3,4)
Brew drink in fresh coffee, finally (9)
Being from another planet burrowed into immense surface (8)
Laid back, office siesta criticised (6)
Daft trap for one using foul language (5,5)
16a
'Stick with knob', one stripping discussed? (4,5)
Initially scratched, attractive print (7)
Talk about exercise in run (7)
Down
Opening new tavern, one invited in (3,4)
Pole dancing doctor lubed after rotation? (5)
Free lunch a figment, ultimately fabricated (7)
Begin again on problem, last of three (6)
One of billions vacuous buffoon, I recall, wasted? (5,4)
Correct catches fitting trap (7)
Condiment male put with hotcake when cooking (6,7)
Check suit, where kit should be white (4,5)
Sentry found nothing right in hooligan (7)
Nick grabs dance (3,4)
See 17
Poles securing trained part of plant (6)
Finish off queen after uprising in African country (5)
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