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What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?

1 Accent reflecting everything at the start of this month (7)
6 Harp, maybe — as a liqueur (7)
11 Iranian city providing a graduate with honorary title (6)
12 In building, this edge puts out joiner (7)
14 Manual, if lost — claim! (5)
15 It’s not sparkling yet (5)
19 Dredging up tangled, clear heather (9)
21 Spirit on board at Euston (7)
24 Chars accepting leader of soapy lotions (9)
26 Tiber in spate — protection engulfed duck, for instance (9, two words)
30 They separately left three-day event, badly weakened (9)
32 Artist cut one colour and one of his (6)
33 PM slow in moving (6)
35 Provide support as 16 now finish (5)
36 England’s wicket-keeper once (5)
39 Support minor, at junction, reversing (7)
40 Unending rubbish hiding German and Arctic plains (7)
 
Down
1 Dismisses Tom from Cheshire. Not half (7)
2 Sounds like Tom — strange lady — one who comes and does (5)
3 Promise made to Latin god (4)
6 Small baseball player is done for (8)
7 Wrong note taken from butt-container (6)
8 I spelt ‘Bath’ incorrectly for vessel (10)
9 Small Indian suite treated as one? (8)
10 Suggests member drinks outside (7)
13 Keep isn’t, in general (8)
18 Space amongst environmentalists backstage? (10)
20 He provides the voice-over from isle, up on hill (8)
22 L-shaped support for corner press (9, two words)
23 He’s in conference at 10.00 with another Across theme-word (8)
25 Landed for some of the rally on shore (8) …
26 … in view of the fact weather changed (7)
27 Parapet’s features as removed from 24 somehow (7)
29 Surrounded warring tribe capturing leader of the Goths (6)
34 Back half of dwelling is disgusting (4)

 
A first prize of £30 for the first correct solution opened on 11 December. There are two runners-up prizes of £20 (or, for UK solvers, the latest edition of The Chambers Dictionary — ring the word ‘Dictionary’). Entries to: Crossword 2091, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Please allow six weeks for prize delivery.