Crossword for Fri, 16/Jun/2023

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Across
1: Knight-errant or young man in distress (7)

5: Unknown little princess turning food with tongue (7)

9: Ban professional writer (9)

10: Introduction to book by mere poet (5)

11: Had to be infatuated (9)

12: Emily gets into the topic (5)

14: Strip legumes (7)

16: Island captured by lunatic exists for one turbulent decade (7)

18: Quickly assemble dry pail (7)

19: Tranquillises extremely senile escorts (7)

20: Delay yield (5)

22: Fruit taken in in inn (9)

25: The color of a letter from Greece with purple edges (5)

27: Impugn guest in R.I. for clandestine affairs (9)

28: Betraying no emotion when Greek god has first expired (7)

29: Famously, Tony led astray (7)
Down
1: Annoying ad for toaster design? (3-2)

2: Be quick to make appearance with instrument (4,5)

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

4: Transfixes the finger-tips (5)

5: Give in and offer up (5)

6: Small piece of fish (3)

7: Idea that is consuming Dell Crossword Puzzles, say (5)

8: Grant loud colour (3)

12: I'll be stuffed if I'll deal with him!. (11)

13: Relieves each emergency service (5)

14: Put two together? (Just skinned the fruit.) (5)

15: Pen extracts articles from satay (3)

16: Call for help oddly stops (3)

17: Conspired to be captivated. (9)

21: Minor Roman deity with a list of the animals of a region (5)

22: Neil Armstrong, first to return from another world? (5)

23: Dont declare relay equipment (5)

24: Comes last in frightfully easy assessment (5)

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

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




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