Crossword for Thu, 15/Oct/2020

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Across
1: Bone-picker starts scouring chronicles for one bent on retribution (9)

6: Intimidated, we tucked into fish (5)

8: Determine Cartesian coordinates? (9)

9: Spices clubs (5)

11: Some wealthy women, I'm told, gossip about curves (9)

13: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

14: Chosen few travelled on with conductor (9)

15: Indolence evident in Rowes Lothario (5)

17: Belated top-and-tailing to gladden one's heart (5)

19: Midshipman: one who hates anchor (9)

22: Cot is unmade for short month in fall (3)

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

24: Essentially, what boy is wearing (3,2)

25: Kinky sex in pool is a blast (9)

26: Bolt I have inserted in right frame (5)

27: Foretold that the wine would be finished (9)
Down
2: Cheaper oil, gas distributed in Island chains (13)

3: Make money and set out to be serious (7)

4: Hang back, keeping right next to person buying a jumper (11)

5: Control escape (3)

6: Circle-drawer combines with 27 to make direction card (7)

7: Gloomy semi-dull firmament (5)

8: Get with a Chicago threesome, the night before a big event (7)

10: Furious persons cry for the lure of the wilderness (4,2,3,4)

12: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

16: Intrudes with a telephone faux pas? (5,2)

18: Former color no longer available? (7)

20: One segment of recording is a kind of poem (7)

21: Mom going topless--that's something else (5)

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




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