Crossword for Sun, 18/Feb/2018

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Across
1: Communist air force is entertained - entertained splendidly (7)

5: Excitedly saw open arms (7)

9: Martyr fighting segregation (5,6)

10: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)

11: Feet of people who get talked about (7)

12: Newsman Bradley accepts men, correct? (5)

15: Innocent bystanders ultimately interrupted by one of the locals (7)

17: Some unpretentious language! (5)

18: Message obscured by cinema illumination (5)

20: Bats staying in dark (7)

21: Flirted terribly, and on your example dated start-ups (5)

22: Knot a rope in the great out-of-doors (4-3)

24: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

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

27: Reds die, but revolutionary lived (7)

28: Relaxes about measure, but holds malice (7)

Down
1: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

2: Leaving firm when dating (5,6)

3: Language making a comeback in modern Italy (5)

4: Garbs orations that lack publicity (7)

5: Fighting largely evil Queensland town (7)

6: Always heading off without getting paid (9)

7: Have bananas now (3)

8: Lifeblood of dope (3)

13: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

14: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

16: Sanctioned half of values I saw (9)

19: Surrounded by grass, loose and laid-back (7)

20: Someone criticizing _End of Days_: 'Not so hot' (7)

23: Brings home vases, reportedly (5)

24: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

25: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)





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