Across
Criticise touching and lively performance (10)
One fetching water in bucket, later a tumbler (4)
Opinion pollsters need pretentious criminal brought to book (8)
Couple in special relationship holding dangerous amount back: a puzzle (6)
7 across not bad, according to bloke (6)
MP I noted moving around S European region (8)
Look after number one, excluding old girl and family (4,4,4)
No leading role in conman's repeat offence? (6,6)
This is not a puzzle with one new word, strangely (2,6)
Facts relating to cattle, as it were, giving element of inspiration (6)
What's met in ample numbers? (6)
Bore witness to death, endlessly raving about trial (8)
Reaction to cold book introducing educational basics? (4)
Break from home and office — about a year roughly (10)
Down
Sort of light, a speech abridged for new arrivals (8)
First part of book? Letter to the Thessalonians (3)
By river, right that one could take one's clothes off (5)
Lousy PM's rare high point (7)
Small rise in pay coming up is worth mentioning (2,5,2)
Puppet containing magnet daughter manipulated for the last time? (8,3)
Fancy comparison (6)
Shoots hog outside eastern section of London church (5,6)
A certain Pharisee, in drawing up set of laws, raised problem (9)
Key, before work, to find close friend (5,3)
One with Bible entering fool's paradise (7)
Chicken brought at first on salver? (6)
One measures short, plump mice, skinned (5)
Rested twenty-four hours (3)
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