Crossword for Thu, 19/May/2022

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Across
1: Weir contacting Hollywood star (5)

4: Defective gas meters for people who take chances (9)

9: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

11: Praises cricket ground in a speech (5)

13: Long Rhine sequence in Wagner's work (9)

15: Give in to clumsy one swallowing vegetables (7)

16: Remodeled studio with a touch of erotica on the exterior (7)

18: Dexterity is an insult, so we hear (7)

19: Deck out detective, putting pants on backwards (5,2)

20: Chosen few travelled on with conductor (9)

23: Discussed one who broadcasts mistake (5)

24: Ships use up aid at sea; remain in a grave situation (4,2,7)

27: Classic Australian theatre patrons shocked in Dee Why (4,5)

28: Dixie, perhaps, greeting Japanese food (5)
Down
2: 7-down relic? (6,5)

3: Neither partner finds way out of country (3)

4: Lankiest teen group lean with little energy (9)

5: Gardener's concoction left in a lot (5)

6: Father Brown's latest femme fatale (5)

7: Sheep to start wallowing in ease (3)

8: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

10: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

12: Some unpretentious language! (5)

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

16: Staggering by, notices something offensive (9)

17: Your old skinny auntie's rear end (5)

21: West's last: bottom spade, perhaps (5)

22: Stranger's radical party rejected (5)

25: Child, bask by the sound (3)

26: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)




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