The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,403 - Jan 11 2018

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'Brussels' officer in charge of a controversial selection procedure EUGENIC
All-round experts in HE establishment no longer having single academic discipline POLYMATHS
Baddie having a brief time in wicked place? DEMON
Birds making sad noises, any number gone MOAS
Calling someone concerned about recreational drug CAREER
Care for less than a shilling in old money TEND
Cold time of austerity with me put in as PM CLEMENT
Crude weapon that could be nasty problem to British PETROLBOMB
Dark, 'orrible place to the north hiding bright light — quite the opposite SULLEN
Ear's twitching after second bit of gossip OTIC
Farming complex needs good stretch of country GRANGE
Firm doing better as result of masterstroke COUP
Hide male in a foul cage after beating CAMOUFLAGE
Host in minimal attire outside front of restaurant THRONG
How we count, see, showing passion INTENSELY
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Legal right allowing oriental fellows to occupy their quarter EASEMENT
Plain course of action read out STEPPE
Row, given time, leads to blood LINEAGE
School flooded by water — an event on a special day there? SPEECH
See 2 COCHRAN
Sign up to introduce honoured member producing a European code ENUMBER
Speed with which wine goes to head after end of lunch HASTINESS
Spirit a Parisian gets before feast UNDINE
The reporter initially has to keep working for the Times THUNDERER
Try to recruit leader, one for Everest expedition HEADHUNT
Unusual sonata, nothing to be missed, this person's penned? SMETANA
US singer's CD reached No 1, surprisingly EDDIE
What may come from inane impostor? IMPERSONATION
What's obviously right is repressed by president endlessly TRUISM