Crossword for Thu, 2/Jun/2022

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Across
1: Remove a couple of statues before writing on some tombstones (5)

4: Happy faces disturb economist (9)

8: Rohmer hiding unit of Resistance (3)

9: Fancied poem composed in comfort (5,2,4)

11: Main nerve carries most central portion (5)

12: Anger that is constraining response (3)

14: German overwhelmed by naked touch (5)

15: Worms grab venture capital (9)

16: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

17: Fiction position (3)

19: Bigoted, ideological extremes in preamble to bill are misguided (9)

22: Highways or turning spots (5)

23: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

24: Mail I accumulated contains bone (5)

25: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

27: In the manner of a girl (3)

28: One making a mess is resentful oaf, per Rev. Spooner (9)

29: Release pressure after energy incident (5)
Down
1: Amassing gold in confidence trick (7)

2: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

3: Ancient document from Pennsylvania misspelled syrup (7)

4: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

5: Nothing we have to pay (3)

6: Imaginary childhood? (7)

7: Get cosy slip due to fray (5,2)

10: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

13: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

17: Melodic rearrangement of asymmetrically split second part (7)

18: I'm covered with glue - it's a hobby (7)

20: Fragile one from England let out (7)

21: Hair fetishist's fastener? (4,3)

26: at peoples uptown bar for starters? (3)




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