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Normal

No. Across Size
1 What? I'm off the hook? (6)
6 British Person (Austr. Slang) (3)
8 God of Love (4)
9 Principal, and personal, State in US? (2)
10 Eggs (3)
11 Er, i'll not finish if this annoys you. (4)
12 Know why bread riser has direction? (4)
14 His unconscious showed it was Freud (2)
16 Eat to get drink (3)
17 So sea gives places to drink? (5)
21 Sounds like Paul is losing enthusiasm (4)
23 Although she was separated, I covered badly. (8)
25 Don't see the scene became visible. (4)
26 Rot a thousand Roman deaths (4)
27 Alternately, sounds like my bee saw you polishing our knots, our veneers. A prickly thing. (4)
28 Edward will shortly tan his written inferno. (5)
No. Down Size
1 Duration (6)
2 Dry (4)
3 Sounds like the baps do something specific (5)
4 So around back, males can see future signs? (5)
5 An ear is cut at first - a close thing! (4)
6 Job for Albert shortly. Send a letter for this service. (6)
7 Car beam can look grisly (7)
13 Sounds like the man at the bank is going to let the woman know. (6)
15 Little Beatrice has very short dam builder. (6)
18 Located (2)
19 ..... Violet (sweet) (5)
20 Ripe for falling into the sea, if not careful (4)
21 Atlantic Ocean between UK and US - The Big .... (4)
22 Overarm hit or throw (3)
24 Prisoner's misrepresentation (3)

Hints

No. Across
1 Dont' say what? How you get off the hook.
6 Originally taken from Prisoner Of Her Majesty
8 Greek god of love, from which the word erotic is derived.
9 Another word for principal (foremost). Who is personal?
10 Think of human eggs.
11 Anagram without end, meaning annoy.
12 Listen to first two words. What's a bread riser? Direction?
14 Term for unconscious, also something to show someones who they are.
16 Anagram of a drink.
17 Anagram. Places to drink.
21 Just listen - means losing enthusiasm.
23 Anagram. Person who has separated.
25 Listen. Take letter to give something visible.
26 Rot plus a thousand to gives Latin for death.
27 Alternate word sound-likes give a prickly thing (also can have knots)
28 Shortening of name plus another word gives person associated with writer of inferno.
No. Down
1 Also "Space of time"
2 As in desert.
3 Sounds like another word for baps
4 So reversed and around word for males to give sign-seeing
5 Remove a letter from two words to give something that is close
6 ...... Service : Another word for job + Short for Albert.
7 Anagram for something that could be grisly.
13 let somebody know + woman = man at bank
15 Abbrev Beatrice + start of word = dam builder
18 Placed ..
19 Also famouse Italian football team.
20 Anagram; next to sea.
21 Try a smaller expanse of water
22 Another word for throw, " ... us the ball, will you?" Term in Tennis.
24 Another word for both Prisoner and misrepresentation

Explanations

No. Across
1 Don't say what, say PARDON. To get off the hook, you would need to be PARDONed.
6 POM - Australian slang, derived from Prisoner of Her Majesty.
8 Eros - Greek god of love.
9 Abbrev of MAINE (Principal=MAIN) - state in US - is ME. Also, most personal person is ME!
10 Ova is scientific name for eggs - tends to be used about pre-foetal state in humans. Plural of OVUM.
11 Anagram of ER, I'LL without last letter gives RILE - ie. annoy.
12 Bread Riser is YEAST, but with no Y (know why) - EAST, a compass direction.
14 Freud's unconscious was called the ID. Also something that proves who one is (short for identification).
16 Anagram of Eat is TEA, a drink.
17 Anagram of SO SEA is OASES, plural of OASIS, watering hole or place to drink in the desert.
21 Sounds like "PAUL" - PALL, meaning losing enthusiasm.
23 Anagram of I COVERED is DIVORCEE, person who has separated from another.
25 Take letter C (don't see) from SCENE, to become SEEN when rearranged. Something seen is visible.
26 ROT plus roman thousand (M), rearrange to give MORT, meaning death in Latin.
27 Alternatesound-alike words - bee (B), you (U), our (R), our (R). A BURR is a knot, often in veneered woods, and also a prickly thing, such as on a plant (e.g. BURDOCK).
28 Shortening of EDWARD is ED, add to TAN, anagram gives DANTE, writer of THE INFERNO.
No. Down
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3 Another word for baps is ROLLS. Sounds like this - ROLES, which do something specific, i.e. have specific tasks to perform.
4 Males = MEN. SO backwards OS. Around MEN gives OMENS, which are signs or portents of the future.
5 AN EAR, cut first letter to give NEAR - a close thing.
6 Job=POST, Albert Shortly = AL, gives POSTAL. You send a letter for the POSTAL service.
7 Anagram of Car Beam is MACABRE, which can look grisly.
13 TELLER (man at bank) sounds like TELL HER - i.e. let the woman know.
15 Shortening of Beatrice is BEA, start of Very (shortened) is VER : BEAVER, a dam builder.
18 Placed AT
19 PARMA Violet
20 Anagram of RIPE is PIER, which (if you weren't careful) you could fall of into the sea.
21 The big POND is the stretch of water between UK and USA.
22 LOB - "lob us the ball, will you?" Also Tennis term.
24 Prisor = CON(VICT); CON is a misrepresentation of something for fraudulent purposes.

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