Across
Comic verse’s pace interrupted by setter’s hesitation (8)
Provided backing when encountering company failure (6)
What actor must do to appear as regular soldier (9)
Pride on being included in roster? Not quite (5)
Apathetic date appeared heartless (4)
Function organiser expecting attendees to be late (10)
Rural matter linked to railway (7)
Possibly a big decision point to retire? Good (7)
Approaches a beautiful woman, full of energy (7)
Former President working with sailors (7)
Secular state maintained by University with permission (10)
Labour to secure source of meat - such as this? (4)
Serious injury from blade brought into A&E (5)
Gangster’s work activity recalled - it involves death-dealing (9)
Rather quaint: recalled 9 online messages (6)
Dressed up to hear a bit of Puccini? This may be part of it (5,3)
Down
Copper turning up in helmet, that’s clear (5)
Small arrangement of minuet and air (9)
Run one? (4)
Caught that fellow longing to climb cleft in rock-face (7)
Inability to read unpleasant article, mostly risqué (10)
Spy agreed to support revolutionary operations (5)
Tenor goes astray - this defines the female (9)
Rising river surrounds edges of tackier thoroughfare (6)
Time to invest in a complete coat with all haste (2,4,4)
Cut along, running to secure a treatment for blood (9)
I note Eastern ruler will accommodate everyone, God willing (9)
Cast off in small body of water around Dublin (6)
One on latrine duty, say, gags, losing heart over work involving one (3,4)
Family, our people, seen in garden (5)
Bishop to endure tirade (5)
A ranch perhaps not miles in the distance (4)
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