Crossword for Mon, 19/Jun/2023

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Across
1: Mortified humans - fifty per cent felt great pity (7)

5: Clear up what used to be homely (7)

9: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

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

11: Guy tails Rod's agent (9)

12: Unscripted part for head librarian (2,3)

13: No one told sister (3)

14: Difficult book about Baltic currency (11)

17: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

19: Throw out faulty nib (3)

21: He told tales about a love with foresight. (5)

23: 22 across, shot and others rustling his cattle (8)

25: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

26: Put hot cocoa out for someone glued to the TV (5,6)

27: Compel compliance with printers measure for cable ends (7)

28: Nanny, for example, entertained by young pig (3-4)
Down
1: Audibly get harsher with utter bastard (7)

2: Figures wrong girl is hugging nobleman (9)

3: Clean, polished spear (5)

4: An exceptionally attractive person may be met aboard (9)

5: Pervert stripped in mineral water (5)

6: Plan to return with woman (3)

7: Orange lipstick shows spirit (5)

8: Famous for being incompetent? (7)

12: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

15: Telling of beer jokes brings uproars (9)

16: Bilbo got misled about a necessary part (9)

17: Fashionable journalist coming back after battle (1,2,4)

18: Lick up pal (3)

20: Narrowly beat or oust one, oddly (4,3)

22: Short line in letter back-fires (5)

23: Entertain cable channel hosting Total Recall (5)

24: Run away with Cockney stride (5)

26: See, you are a cad. (3)




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