Crossword for Wed, 10/Mar/2021

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Across
1: Bury with arms and legs but no head (5)

4: Recreating the past, USS Enterprise finally turned up (9)

9: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

10: Man admitting setback for islanders (7)

11: Chatter about some pay-back (3)

12: Modernise rear, in the opinion of escort (5,2,2,4)

14: So sad coming back, Pops (5)

15: Square dance queen with gold filling stalks dentist, perhaps, most of the way back?? (9)

16: Al's gamble on outcome of sports (4,5)

20: Believer with no head for bank job (5)

23: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

24: Half disapprove of old king (3)

26: Encourage one couple after first couple answer (7)

27: Provoke Church of Scotland's absent leader (3)

28: They hang on to legal fees. (9)

29: Church assembly contributing to heresy? No dice! (5)

Down
1: Destroying Bibles, I'm left without drinks (7)

2: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

3: Compensation check matures (7)

4: Backsliding, Pa reels drunkenly (7)

5: Well-brewed litre of this is a symbol of Irish pride. (7)

6: Uncovered some letters written back in Sumerian epoch (4-3)

7: Pen extracts articles from satay (3)

8: Remove top substituting pints for cups (5)

13: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

17: Ruin Aga; ruin Paraguay Indian (7)

18: Ordering a meal is causing uneasiness (7)

19: Upended Sparta's rulers (7)

20: The lady's also returning inside for hecklers (7)

21: Dogged pamphlet for the auditor (7)

22: Waiter forgetting one drink (5)

25: Child is to depart, finally (3)





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