Across
Move shy baby bird (7)
Foreign gent kept secret goal vague (7)
Caustic story read aloud (3)
Posturing prigs, ever so woke (11)
Emperor’s head on Indian coin that’s red or blue (8)
Following male out of gloomy bar (6)
Brandy and stuff knocked back (4)
Starred in role of terse kid running amok (10)
Cloddish, half-cut soldiers bored by dealing with conflict (10)
Steal bed for infant (4)
Girl is more stylish without clothes (6)
Extremely optimistic hints about end of road blocks (8)
Mature dons take up books for relief (11)
Character returned from rendezvous (3)
Stalemate is very close (4,3)
Cover for privates in unknown war zones (1-6)
Down
Element of impudence irks us mildly at first (7)
Small loan increases after start of expensive diets? (11)
Motorway reportedly congested after current collision (6)
Heavens opening in Oslo amid abnormally dense smog (8,2)
King ate sandwiches with vigour (4)
Private Eye probing today’s dire Orwellian state? (8)
Wreath that is left upside down (3)
Element of Nabucco Verdi dramatically exaggerated (7)
Thirteen nameless financiers drop off last of bullion (6,5)
Class liable to break up around noon in particular (10)
Teasing is unpleasant at home time (8)
Law lord upset fat dunce (7)
Mersenne ultimately enthralled by non-prime numbers too (7)
One putting coat on quietly afterwards (6)
Denied lacking heart for action (4)
The main largely aquatic mammal (3)
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