The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,503 - Jul 21 2021

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2 removing me and then them, for you once THEE
American's ready, minimally, to embrace Brendan — it's hard stuff CEMENT
Ancient city in European power, second among 12 EPHESUS
Awful man with the writer? On the contrary, you and me HEINOUS
Couple, pair of 12, one returned ITEM
Eg best for worst, verbally SYNONYM
English 12 — one or the other EITHER
Extremely limited openings for it and others VERMOUTHS
For example, initially he or she FEMALE
Formal declarations, excluding 27 words of certain type PRONOUNS
He and I each represent one ELEMENT
Heterosexual couple hiding half of what's put inside cover SHEATHE
Like beauty pageant participants, for instance, that woman had put outside SASHED
Like some elements second kind of star made available MONOVALENT
Like something of yours or mine that's crazy POSSESSED
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Like something that may be first, second or third, without one negative comment ASPERSION
Money for church, as 12 after short time TITHE
Odd parts of culture, as this itself is CLUE
One with rigid response to game, such as me SETTER
Ones who cut nested 12 HEWERS
Pen music, rondo needing change, sounding wrong MISPRONOUNCED
People like you — extremely passionate types, missing nothing SOLVERS
Season preceded by 1960s' musical — watch part HAIRSPRING
Small pub organised fine party in Ireland SINNFEIN
Station 1 across and down together in school EUSTON
The real me and others reassem­bled container broken in half SELVES
Unifying idea that begins with and ends with 12 THEME
What distinguishes French girlfriend and boyfriend at this point HERE
Wrong or right, third person's invested in euros, oddly ERRONEOUS