Crossword for Mon, 18/Dec/2023

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Across
1: Wild rim shot is unpredictable (3-2-4)

5: Put on University of Texas ring (5)

8: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

10: Was resident hidden in wild net? (7)

11: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

12: Aliens set off (3)

13: Sly dog covers horses for dancers (3-8)

15: Anyway - no! (3)

16: Made new, breaking away from tired ideas (5)

17: Bridge over white mass of fish eggs (5)

18: Learned men are full of hesitation, since they are often beaten.(5)

19: Its out-of-date to need a permit for the course (5)

21: Small piece of fish (3)

23: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

24: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

25: Fiction position (3)

26: The French inheritance given up by a former French colony (7)

27: I am reported to leer (3)

28: Adventurous gentleman's going west to Kentucky (5)

29: They're hard to reconcile, Turkey Day displays featuring beef (9)
Down
1: A former Middle-Eastern leader who is reasonable in discussion (7)

2: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

3: Admittedly lying about times tabulated (7)

4: Deviated before getting cast out (7)

5: Period email feature (3)

6: Minor change in the White House? (6-3-4)

7: Turncoat's first motive for disloyalty (7)

9: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

14: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

18: One who tempts peril grabbing leopard's head (7)

19: Norm cut vegetable (7)

20: More self-satisfied after initially silencing attacker (7)

22: Protection for vehicles on dangerous deliveries (7)

26: Find out scout (3)




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