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Annotated solutions for Prize 28,757

* characters in The Magic Roundabout (1965-77)

Across

1 looped LO + OP-ED [US newspaper article]

4 kibitzer (spea)K/1/BIT/ZER(o)

9* Dougal DO/U(p)/GAL

10 tappable T<APP>ABLE

11 straight as a die STRAIGHT/A/SAD/I(t)E(m)

13 deadly sins DEAD + LYSINS

14 Hera H(ard)/ERA

16 cusp CU<S(aliva)>P

18* Ermintrude E(ve)R/MINT/RUDE

21* Brobdingnagian BRIAN (the snail) keeps DOING (anag) around B(lack)/NAG

23 ion beams ON in I-BEAMS

24 candle double def [game not worth the candle/candle power]

25* Florence F<LOR!>ENCE

26 jasper JA<S(mall)>PER

Down

1* lady DYLA(n) (anag)

2 opuntia 0/PUN + AIT (rev)

3 erasable (g)E(t) R(e)A(l) + SABLE

5 inattention inner tension (hom)

6 impost I’M + POST

7* Zebedee double def [father of James and John]

8 re-elevate LEAVE TREE (anag)

12 gastronomic G(ut)/ASTRONOMIC

13 dock brief DOCK + BRIEF

15 stigmata STIG/MAT/A [Stig of the Dump]

17 sworn to S<WORN>T(reet) + O(ld)

19 up-and-up U (hom) + PAN + D(emocratic)U(nionist)P(arty)

20 adhere AD (goes) HERE

22 heirair (hom)