Crossword for Tue, 19/Dec/2023

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Across
1: Funny dame getting red (5)

3: Rare occasions of father embracing woman with sign (9)

7: Break up the rock group from hell. (7)

9: Model of former liberal (7)

11: Certainly, Mr. Gore welcoming Republican is bizarre (7)

12: Stare at severe blemish (7)

13: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

15: Backblock not all there (3)

16: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

17: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

20: ... and soon it will be read as etc. (3,2,2)

22: Hit essayist with flower (7)

24: I'm great, composing music (7)

26: Seed seen when garage is empty (7)

27: Pluto is cold and tired out; its a disgrace (9)

28: Dreadful shade rules the Underworld. (5)
Down
1: Extinct birds accomplish return of earth (5)

2: Fall fall stops? (6,3)

3: Sells rides on a bicycle, from the sound of it (7)

4: You audibly ram partner (3)

5: Pompously speak of no tax (5)

6: Plowmen let Amy spread job statute (10,3)

8: Beat it and ran, for example, with Girl Scout ingredients (9,4)

10: Men caught in vile deed should be 'fixed' (7)

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

13: Horseman conveyed mineral to listeners (7)

14: Rug behind structure in Scottish city (9)

18: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

19: Beg like this - it's lawful (7)

21: Wild rose engulfs one willow (5)

23: Starts to actually believe you survived snake pit (5)

25: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)




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