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Across
1 Having a strong desire to act, good man takes time with singular vehicle (5-6) STAGE STRUCK
9 Having lost inflections, stranded at Pontiac (9) ANAPTOTIC
10 Range of a maiden piece (5) DEBUT
11 Yale’s Yale (5) ELITE
12 The state of persons with no work? (9)
13 Fiftyone extremely busy on a Saharan nation (5) LIBYA
15 Shoddy primer by a new director receives censure (9) REPRIMAND
18 One with no self-respect in small group at Vellore exposed (9) GROVELLER
21 Before the publicity men, I got nothing right (5) PRIOR
22 Bird found horribly broke in farm wagon (4-5)
24 Heath returns at last to alley having ample space (5) ROOMY
26 Reportedly push a foot-operated keyboard (5) PEDAL
27 We mix indiscriminately in once-touted “Land of Enchantment” (3,6) NEW MEXICO
28 It holds a wicked lighter (11) CANDLESTAND
Down
1 Dance — you may have to do more than this, though! (5,1,3) SHAKE A LEG
2 Member of a Sikh political party also known as “Fiftyone” (5) AKALI
3 Give hope to forgotten central leader taking time to gather attendants (9)
4 Gossip takes time to rattle off (7) TATTLER
5 Disconnect with clans disturbed in Uttar Pradesh (7) UNCLASP
6 Jack heard a section of the church (5)
7 Emirate with a timeless custom accommodating youth (3,5) ABU DHABI
8 Article Time revised (4) ITEM
14 Commanded that the seal be held in encirclement (8)
16 Foreign dealers (9) IMPORTERS
17 Can you affect a cleanup without this? (5,4) DIRTY TOOD
19 Country boy rises with no new support (7) LEBANON
20 Owen, having lost his capital, comes up in true surroundings for one more round (7) RENEWAL
22 Cried having scrubbed the head off (4) WEPT
23 Memento for Roman Catholic priest included (5) RELIC
25 Old boy gets punishment for catching one antelope (5)