The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,882 - May 12 2016

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17 to surpass skill British possess CAPABILITYBROWN
5 down's bag is large, with small point LANDSCAPE
Admin guy meets spy handling Middle East MANAGEMENT
Bath site, area covered by extended rental LONGLEAT
Buff fine beard FAWN
Carpenter's job limits new council's responsibility PLANNING
Classic order: cook most of cereal DORIC
Directors begin dithering in spring's union rounds WEDDINGBELLS
Dirty pictures finish on top SOIL
Ditch dance, ejecting hundreds HAHA
Elvis's joint position of authority KINGSHIP
He enjoyed 9, lodge or genteel houses GEORGE
He tends neat laurel screening mock bananas STOCKMAN
Hibernian girl hit it off IRISH
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Knight left at once, galloping across line LANCELOT
Most MPs' patrons tour mountain chain BACKBENCHERS
Noble poplar is topped, with sides lopped ARISTO
Palace establishment ordered to release various stats BLENHEIM
Queen is reclining in shade SIENNA
Recall crew tackling crown of elm tree NEEM
Redecorate Gaelic bar with symbols for numbers ALGEBRAIC
Start to educate Catholic in the present moral code ETHICS
Topper, old and jaunty, covers topless 13 OPERAHAT
Trees in not very attractive Hampshire town ALDERS
Uprooted old Irishman, ready to drop trousers EXTIRPATED
What's left in Parisian art gallery ESTATE
Woods manages to keep still COPPICES