The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,431 - Feb 13 2018

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Ahead in county division after playing side at the top ONWARDS
Busy chewing old pen COOP
Clearing out desk when sacked, then going off SKEDADDLING
Country star in Hollywood, not hot single American ESTONIA
Damage concerning tailless bird MARABOU
Dirty Harry initially lies: Clint Eastwood to verge on dishonesty (4,5,2,3,4) SAILCLOSETO
Extremist born in leaderless 24 TALIBAN
Fantastic Gran Torino pic is absorbing INCORPORATING
Fill Tramp's puzzle in the end: incomplete Tramp's for filling IMBUE
Galloped round in this? RODEO
Germ in toilet, pal scrubs away STREPTOBACILLUS
Group of three players sign contracts ENSEMBLE
Language from computing: the first adopted by Turing? ITALIAN
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On screen, fellow is handsome FAIR
One might treat this model, picking up Penny on important date THERAPIST
One sees dialogue of Pale Rider cast LIPREADER
People, in general, back to see film WESTERN
Performing too much? Is it end for super Dave Gorman broadcast? OVERDRAMATISING
Protect nurse: mum concerned with nursing home ENSHRINE
Remorselessness from rogue — account hiding large gift IMPLACABILITY
See 1 across THEWIND
Sick in Australia (see hospital below) CHUNDER
Sliced thin bread — a demise for loaf? BRAINDEATH
Soft teacher flipping against group punishment here PRISONCAMP
Spanish river turns and merges with the French one LOIRE
Violin piece from 6 AMATI