Crossword for Wed, 2/Nov/2022

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Across
1: Sculpted a bust with large instruments (5)

4: Mixed bag to drain into tip or refuse (9)

9: In love with copper? Gone to give a needle? (9)

10: Humphrey's one over par (5)

11: How to finance 18-down? (5,4)

12: I am reported to leer (3)

13: The state of a fresh garment (3,6)

14: Crow circles front of gate in Eastern fort (5)

15: The short one may be drawn (5)

16: A manciple destroyed bell-tower (9)

19: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

21: Defile broken seed box (9)

23: Message obscured by cinema illumination (5)

25: Housework really sucks! (9)

26: Fifty are returning after the last hemp mixture has a short life cycle (9)

27: Nesting eggs had slight flavor (5)
Down
1: Your leg? (5)

2: Weapons to attack BS, involving way with words (11)

3: One wink, or forty (4-3)

4: Strip legumes (7)

5: As Rev. Spooner might say, 'Please remain tomorrow' (7)

6: Alternative part of course (5)

7: Cleaning aid possessed by Fragonard (3)

8: Top colleges have three miles of vine (3,6)

12: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

13: Relative takes funny pose on glass bridge? (9)

16: Body of bounder having to swear (7)

17: Evita, for example, making false claim about American (7)

18: Importance of history (7)

20: Faith in Osiris, lamentably (5)

22: Predatory bird decapitated dog (5)

24: Residue has scattered (3)




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