Crossword for Fri, 17/Mar/2017

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Across
2: Tidy up and clean floor finally and decisively (4,3,3,3)

8: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)

9: Throw a fit as ice is tossed in shower (5,4)

11: Exciting moment, actor as reviewer (11)

14: In the manner of a girl (3)

15: Cue involving one rest (9)

16: Runs in place without a top--without a top OR bottom (5)

18: Boy scurries around Alabama parlor (5)

20: Bird is short distance behind husks of wheat (9)

23: Call for help oddly stops (3)

24: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

25: Poked with a knife, one cat finally howled outside (9)

28: Not moving yet (5)

29: Those who study bugs' motion got less confused (13)

Down
1: There aren't any comebacks after such a poor performance. (2, 7)

2: Best work it out with mother (7)

3: Privy to accessibility (11)

4: Freshen the atmosphere (3)

5: Vagrant's foot caught in spinning machine (7)

6: Nothing we have to pay (3)

7: Technique for picking up new material? (5)

10: Be of use to a head covering, we hear (5)

12: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

13: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

17: At first, Sonny and Cher having bizarre duel with one providing slots? (9)

19: Sexy Liberal goes to small United States Territory (5)

20: Talk about rent for a piece of property (7)

21: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

22: Evil twin and its dupes (7)

23: Fur seal frolicking around entrance to bay (5)

26: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)

27: Get into the archeology scene. (3)





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