Crossword for Sat, 16/Jan/2021

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Across
1: God, transforming first day into last night, was received (3)

3: No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)

9: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

10: Attempted to have him brought to trial. (5)

11: Archipelagos concluded thus in Nigeria (5)

12: Space left by dry loch (9)

13: Pompously speak of no tax (5)

15: Unisex pelicans overwhelm and dislodge (5)

16: Suppressed and overturned, it's taken flight (7)

17: Snuggled in armchair, cute Bob (7)

20: Serious changes at the end of a kind of train (5)

21: Mister T ignored Scrooge (5)

22: Hidden? Did I guess wrong? (9)

24: Finagle identity for stiff (5)

26: Unable to act, I cast 'Rent' (5)

27: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)

28: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

29: Plan to return with woman (3)

Down
1: Front men, we hear (5)

2: Big flowers for VIPs? (4,7)

4: Tories put out after Liberal leader hangs around (7)

5: Underworld boss can be found among crazy sun-worshippers (7)

6: Taking ones cue from subsequent courtship (9,4)

7: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

8: Dee Star danced in two clubs recently (9)

10: Diet, sir! Clergy upset with fat constituents (13)

14: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

15: Fifty are returning after the last hemp mixture has a short life cycle (9)

18: Straightening up, lost dignity (7)

19: Particular esteem (7)

23: Cloth was dug up! (5)

25: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)





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