10a- A councillor I caught around and about (5)
11a- Rabbit's popular with butchers (4,2)
12a- Models adore whoppers (8)
14a- American pub in Middle East very much hit (10)
16a- Bet with old money abroad (4)
22a- Loaf on the Sussex coast perhaps (3,5)
23a- Cat's second employer (6)
26a- Take in large gain (5)
27a- Shocked actor Timothy caught in a brawl (3-6)
1d- See bonkers close up in German city (7)
2d- Keep bottles of Italian white wine (5)
3d- Joke on a ship? (3-5)
4d- Fine rule failing (4)
8d- Do shed tea cans (7)
13d- Possibly a lapse splitting Left with widely differing views (5,5)
15d- Nanny working in Suriname with daughter (9)
20d- One not working as a forward (7)
24d- Squalid housing part flop (5)
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2d- S _ A _ _
3d- O _ E _ _ _ E _
4d- F _ A _
8d- H _ _ _ _ _ _
13d- _ O _ E _ _ _ _ _ T
15d- N _ R _ _ _ _ _ D
20d- S _ _ _ _ _ R
24d- _ _ _ _ P