Crossword for Thu, 12/Mar/2020

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Across
1: Staying awfully dark (7)

5: Article proscribes old Greeks (7)

9: Stop fooling around with her at tea break (4,1,8)

10: A sample of Frau Dietrich's song and dance (5)

13: Nominee is cold and indifferent initially... see? (9)

15: Squirrel with a fuzzy caterpillar, say? (5)

16: On the way up, the german rats played a leading part (7)

17: Spring inside proper old theatre (7)

18: Children nicely holding back secret (5)

19: through old player? (9)

21: Lines upset Frasier's brother (5)

23: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

27: Indulgent Russian premier hosts English Tory's leader (7)

28: Propane explodes, theoretically (2,5)
Down
1: Rigid body. (5)

2: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

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

4: Heard about ark's leader taking census; just worthless (2-7)

5: I turn, lost, in Italian city (5)

6: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

7: Residue has scattered (3)

8: Giving up silly run, Reds tack on a couple of errors (9)

11: Unskillful partner wearing gold ring, at first (7)

12: Hope destiny is remarkable - to free the mind (11)

14: This time doctors learn about the kidneys (7)

15: Play down awkward date's flop (4-5)

16: Batman novel is pure horse ... ! (9)

20: Climp up on horse on high ground (5)

22: Altogether steep (5)

24: Child, bask by the sound (3)

25: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)

26: Heavy metal group X (4)




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