Crossword for Tue, 15/Aug/2023

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Across
2: Sadly, tribe sends off good pals (4,2,7)

9: Faint pout encompasses beast of burden (4,3)

10: One who takes after beggarman (5)

11: Check German car ahead of time (5)

13: Heels were repaired in another place (9)

14: Vocally disapprove of cop's first beat (5)

15: Tar mess contaminated rivers (7)

17: Ground dipped around bottom of ditch (7)

18: Some Yeltsin anecdotes are silly (5)

20: Excessive praise for bad spelling ain't aloud (9)

23: Part of stair is erect (5)

24: Stranger's radical party rejected (5)

25: Former leader's relative with bit of tension in stomach (4, 3)

27: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

Down
1: Fine log doesnt begin garden art (7)

2: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)

3: Wanting lean candidates in favour (5,4)

4: At last eating, I'm finally getting better (2,3,4)

5: Transgression if turning end in Marseille (5)

6: Guided into the West (2,3)

7: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

8: Reduces strain from years of tension (7)

12: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

15: Spider, e.g., caught a foremost kite's sail (9)

16: Make new plan for back pasture (9)

17: Excitedly saw open arms (7)

19: Name of girl training otter in Los Angeles (7)

21: In favour of an outer garment for protection (5)

22: Move to limp off without energy (5)

26: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)





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