Crossword for Thu, 17/May/2018

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Across
1: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

6: Clown with a tail. (3)

8: Argument in the meeting (5)

9: Between Virginia and Los Angeles nothing has flavour (7)

11: Cosmetics queen holds kickoff for 'Nasturtium Wash' (7)

12: Eat after hollow enclosure is discovered (5,2)

14: Smear record colour - that one (9)

15: Test fabrics in nightgowns and ladies' tops (5)

17: Gal who's no spring chicken hugs GI -- both go back for a snort (5)

19: Fatal crime may lead to damnation (6,3)

22: Ray! Say lad, smile! (7)

23: Revolutionary near the capital (7)

24: Have sheriff's helpers joined Nazi police (7)

26: When Eve rued core? Not once! (5)

27: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

28: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

Down
1: Got used to western city after it eliminated a lot of noise (7,2)

2: Ways of approaching a goddess without middlemen? (7)

3: Shredded chad, he decrees, is one ingredient (7,6)

4: It's not the editor in chief that looked threatening (7)

5: Publish and be exhausted (4,3)

6: Short bloke discontinued hike (3)

7: Seize marijuana that's changing it's last stop (5)

10: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)

13: Child, bask by the sound (3)

16: Unfallen in gradual encirclement of city! (9)

18: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

19: Prosecutor conceals lustrous fabrics (7)

20: Frenzied recital piece (7)

21: Left behind? Shiver violently and wither (7)

22: Reprise Piaf's secret: old-fashioned tone (5)

25: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)





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