Crossword for Sun, 14/Apr/2019

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Across
1: Thick maple growing wild (5)

4: We hear former wife thrilled Richard, an odd person (9)

9: Big Bird has cut off music director (9)

10: Pick a wrong angle (5)

11: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)

12: Exegesis of clue an idiot misunderstood (11)

14: Jay and I invested in lard-like snacks (7)

15: Throw mud at information (5)

17: No spot for weather forecast before snow approaches (5)

19: A brutal arrangement in rows and columns (7)

21: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

23: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

24: Old role for paintings that trick the eye (2,3)

26: Also major European capital lawman in northern constellation (9)

27: Ship's official drinking tea with buyer (9)

28: Comes last in frightfully easy assessment (5)
Down
1: Funny noises can rise from below (9)

2: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

3: Draw epee, gutlessly capturing noble Frenchman (5)

4: Hand down entangled net with water damage (7)

5: Stocks for bears (7)

6: Dragging endless returns from a tightwad (7)

7: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)

8: Church council regulation sounds like a big gun (5)

13: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

16: Prepared nuts before break of day (4,5)

18: Extend a term of imprisonment (7)

19: OJ rants about USC football players (7)

20: Tamer starting to bother pilot, ultimately? (7)

21: Hang poor Democrat from the east (5)

22: Run off to marry in Tupelo, perhaps (5)

25: Freshen the atmosphere (3)




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