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Across
  1. 2. Blues' embrace hugging ace for London team (7)
  2. 5. Modest bumblebee circling the earth's center (6)
  3. 7. Loyal in devotion, carrying a royal emblem (8)
  4. 9. Poor fellow heading west, feeling awful (8)
  5. 11. Polite man swapped heads with odd entertainer (9)
  6. 12. Smooth and urbane, breaking a vase (5)
  7. 14. I left myself, becoming disinterested (8)
  8. 15. Foolish person's upset, hiding inside a sip (6)
  9. 17. Remorseful rite confused its context (8)
Down
  1. 1. Uproariously funny, rail hid in sly hilarity (9)
  2. 3. Beautiful pulpit arranged inside us (13)
  3. 4. Liberal, risking a new urge inside (8)
  4. 6. Running race, so agile and elegant (7)
  5. 8. Reliable debit card, no end of use $$$ (10)
  6. 10. Dread the almighty, but embrace his command (11)
  7. 13. Master one's impulses, role left to chaos (11)
  8. 16. Zealously beseeching, having some payback (9)