ACROSS 1. /10. "SHAM PAIN" SO CIA LIST = CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST 6. BAN outside CO = BACON 9. E inside NATO = NEATO 10. [see 1 Across] 11. ESTEEM = ←MEETS E← 12. QUI + ÉTUDE = QUIETUDE 14. SUPERFLUITY = "SYRUP FUTILE" 16. HOG 18. SUE = S_ ←EU← 19. FUNCTIONARY = FURY outside (ANTI-CON)* 21. FLOUNDER 22. STRAFE = SAFE outside T_R 25. FRANCE outside HIS = FRANCHISE 26. ICENI = "EYE SEA NIGH" 27. HARDY = HYDRA* 28. GOLDENEYE = GO + LD ENE _Y _E DOWN 1. ONS inside CENSUS = CONSENSUS 2. AWAIT = A WIT outside _A_ 3. PIONEER = PI (NEE inside O_R) 4. GAS + H = GASH 5. EX CRU CITE outside A = EXCRUCIATE 6. BRA VERY = BRAVERY 7. CHI (_H_ U_A)² = CHIHUAHUA 8. NIT R_E = NITRE 13. BLUNDERING = UNDER inside BLING 15. PTEROSAUR = "TERROR SOAR" 17. GLYCERINE = GENERICALLY* - AL 19. FINICKY = FIN ICKY 20. OUTLIVE = OLIVE outside UT 21. (.e)F IF TH(e.) = FIFTH 23. A_ R_ E_ T_ E_ = ARETE 24. "REAL" = REEL