Crossword for Thu, 18/Feb/2021

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Across
1: Vegetable has red cap (5)

4: Crank up front half of outhouse in Alabama, for example (4-5)

8: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

10: Aboard a ship is shipping magnate (7)

12: Sinatra improved, becoming a master of his craft (7)

14: In a way, suffer from stain all around us (7)

15: Dog headquarters near New Jersey island (7)

17: Lead around other green (7)

20: Very slow backtracking through formulaic algebra (7)

22: Dawn is close, with a new beginning (7)

23: Straightening up, lost dignity (7)

24: 3-down said Sir, I have these! (5,4,4)

27: Bringing up the kids - Dad's paying for it (9)

28: Yes. No. Maybe. Getting personal (5)

Down
1: Making Athenian weaver drink an informal toast (7,2)

2: Surrounded by asses, he tries again (7)

3: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

4: Period email feature (3)

5: We blame knitter for small woolly jumper (3-4)

6: Call for help oddly stops (3)

7: Essentially, what boy is wearing (3,2)

9: In Germany, the monster returned from the east. (5)

11: Child, bask by the sound (3)

13: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)

16: Evil colleague, for example, breaking in contrary to law (9)

18: Going back in where GI trapped predator (5)

19: Indonesian island embracing English language (7)

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

21: A sign of winter here in Paris -- clashes when ash is dumped (7)

22: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

25: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)

26: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)





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