The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,700 - Dec 24 2018

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Clues Answers
25 take part in crusade zealously, securing release DEFREEZE
A state briefly flipped, becoming another state ASSAM
Art patron holding small aesthetic guide TASTE
Article on big game put in hard cover TESTA
Become emotional, having bumped into learner on inside MELT
Botanical expert with itemised qualifications of female scholar? HERBALIST
County's crewmen bringing one in on the ground floor, perhaps DOWNSTAIRS
Cunningly defeat without being heartless, having switched halves OUTWIT
Cuts components of air, for example, including hydrogen GASHES
Decorate things cooked in kitchen, with odd exceptions ICE
Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, often ENDGAME
Doctor improperly uses pressure to get into suit, say DRESSUP
Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle row CHANGES
Energy shown by second eleven STEAM
Fare from India south, landing in Pacific islands SAMOSA
Fourth law suit, as viewed by robber, potentially CASED
Frightfully odd English upset part of the EU EERIE
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Garments I altered — they've had 13 across 22 across EMIGRANTS
Give address on back cover, otherwise disappear EVAPORATE
Good thing about name in form posted? OK ASSENT
Invigorate loco engineers with no end of passion ENERGISE
Judges having reached conclusion, what comes next? Old-fashioned pity RUTH
Mediterranean landmark visible in Estonia, oddly ETNA
More bad gas circulated in draughts etc BOARDGAMES
One state followed by another, note MEMO
Result of condensation, being damp, without oxygen MIST
Scent you reportedly lost after crossing Atlantic? ODOUR
See 13 OFSTATE
Short, spontaneous performance edited, so better IMPROVED
Showing ambition when I sound off about power ASPIRANT
So to speak, inscribe 2nd Street on map in Far East? RIGHTMOST
Tend to bed or what's in special kind of mattress WATER
What must be modified to produce rapprochement THAW