Crossword for Sat, 19/Aug/2023

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Across
1: Again put together pieces from rare comb in exhibit (9)

5: To live with a former partner is the final result (5)

8: Heads of Asian countries hope the United Nations gives attention to Germany (7)

10: Stupid alien filmed in undergrowth (7)

12: Parade's quirky charm (5)

13: I'm to intercede without delay (9)

15: Praised moving anguish (7)

16: Land affected by the Oslo settlement (7)

17: Kind of blue hereafter, at heart; this might tell what's to come? (3,4)

19: Restaurant employees opposed to stuffing fish (7)

22: Green coat for Italian composer and Spanish painter (9)

23: Nearly everyone can work on the course without help (5)

24: Shape up at invading Congo Free State (7)

26: Clip of Southern Conservative is very revealing at first (7)

27: Acid destroyed brace (5)

28: Rejected, for the most part, unlikely chance to buy rubbery substance (9)
Down
1: Supplied new weapons for revolutionary dreamer (7)

2: Bands of salmon on way south (7)

3: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

4: Those who study bugs' motion got less confused (13)

6: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

7: Right to possess an address (5)

9: Location of cheating, fiercer gender (4,9)

11: Asian river ordeal; it's upset manufacturer (13)

14: Picture a dessert without topping (3)

18: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

20: Little singer returned, following band to total a hairy little mother with seating for one. (7)

21: Shepherd, at times, is more abrupt in tone (7)

22: Bloomer made by member of string quartet (5)

25: Draw the knot (3)




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