Crossword for Thu, 11/Aug/2022

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Across
1: Tales swirling about federal agents associated with certain divisions (9)

5: Witticism provided theme (5)

8: Talk about food for the birds (7)

10: International accord for Rev. Spooner's award for a top sunbather? (4,3)

11: We blame knitter for small woolly jumper (3-4)

13: Dishonesty perpetrated by crooked raven in Kentucky (7)

14: Second go as a spouse (5)

15: Icon got in by mistake under an assumed name (9)

17: Delicate stem is enlightening (5,4)

19: Small stones unfinished in cemetary plot (5)

20: One who impersonates a policeman giving hip dude a leading question.(7)

22: Half-crazed about prison illness (7)

24: Warned of related crackpot (7)

26: A Spanish guitarist goes out with one in Virginia (7)

28: Singers in a special Tosca production (5)

29: Foolishly get pardon from patron (9)
Down
1: Monsieur is immersed in unspecified French river (5)

2: Feel sick from crack? (3)

3: Mid-East region is a metier confused (7)

4: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

5: Horse fly's, um, retreating (7)

6: Bleat about delay (5)

7: Per Rev. Spooner, instrument in Hef's bedroom for sensitive area (5,4)

9: Handle small round piece of charcoal (9)

12: Supplementing oriental ruler (5)

13: Bribes due to be discredited in AFL? (9)

14: Cabal resolved hot issue of headgear (9)

16: Idea I'm followed for days (5)

18: Ancient historian understood America (7)

19: Bush loses East -- at the end, gains Iowa (a state) (7)

21: Fold suit and undershirt (5)

23: Long for a mass of reporters (5)

25: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

27: Compete with life in France (3)




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