Not The Saturday Prize Puzzle

NTSPP - 059 by Retiarius
Epics

The title of this puzzle is a cryptic reference to its theme!

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  •  1  Ambassador’s terrible year without girl (8)

  •  5  See 12

  •  9  Educate intensively in 12 venue? (8)

  • 10 Publican might raise a glass to these spirited distributors (6)

  • 12/5 Attempt to ingratiate dog with extremely risky indulgence (5,6)

  • 13 Ignorant king hiding in a French lair returns (9)

  • 14/21D         Mad, mad jury hear about very loud spice girl? (6,7)

  • 16 Bamboo-lover swallows arsenic 12 (7)

  • 19 Idleness: I note it’s returned in time (7)

  • 21 Lower bailiwick’s top (6)

  • 23 Food spies ordered to kill (7,2)

  • 25 Island hosts model 12 (5)

  • 26 Be extremely randy for old servant in uniform (6)

  • 27 Rile a bishop’s first organiser (8)

  • 28 Decorative horn a Texan carries (6)

  • 29 Unsullied young Clegg might've earned this epithet at choir practice, say (8)

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  •  1  English caught in this branch of philosophy (6)

  •  2  A frenetic arrangement links man and machine (9)

  •  3  Theatrical cast includes old women (5)

  •  4  About unusual cures: a lifesaver (7)

  •  6  A quiet cheer’s right for judge (9)

  •  7/25        Pilgrim follows Bono in bizarre accompaniment to 12 (5,5)

  •  8  Leftover aid lures deviant (8)

  • 11 Unexpected deviation leads to big leap in profits (4)

  • 15 Eager for 12 to go? (3,2,4)

  • 17 Provoke garrison’s leader with superior new weapon (6-3)

  • 18 Cheap wine holds old boy up 12 (8)

  • 20 Declared competent for victim (4)

  • 21 See 14 Across

  • 22 Daft critic’s a lemon? (6)

  • 24 The Count of Cardinal Crimes? (5)

  • 25 See 7

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