Across
Villain in novel underwear, liver coloured (4,4,6)
Arriviste jerk going on to Oxford (7)
Traveller’s bundle, mostly depressing (7)
Policy expert backed by one lofty US wise guy (4-2-3)
Lines from Pindar performing classical theatre (5)
When out at midday, lassies take sandwiches (6)
Note put on 100 formerly rare compositions (8)
Act without role being set out (8)
Magazine covers start off short of space (6)
Crazy place to go on vacation, Paraguay (5)
Position berth facing west in posh cabin (9)
End of détente after island drops a bomb (7)
Drunk badly beaten leaving hotel (7)
Book prize vacuous idiots win (8,6)
Down
Maybe riding with son moving up from the sea (7)
Fighter pleased a riot spread (9)
Bar in France where Whitman retired (6)
New staff about to hold a card game (8)
Cool home some cool girls set up (5)
An artist’s shift I’m hesitant to interrupt (7)
Film city commander raving about nothing (8,6)
Sweet kid hurt his leg running back from cricket (7,7)
Friendly visit narrowly avoided disaster (5,4)
Sort of clothing workers curse (8)
Ward training nurses got ER prepared (7)
Bird’s bare bottom (one lacking tail parts) (7)
We hear this setter’s game for a cocktail (3,3)
A poet still penning a start to something (5)
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