Crossword for Wed, 20/Apr/2022

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Across
1: In all, just a little peak. (3)

3: Chump getting past in chasm (5)

6: Cut corners and omit taking minutes (5)

9: Massacre gives Serb leader mirth (9)

10: How Nero holds one in control (5)

11: Non-professional laggard goes underground (4,3)

13: Numbskull dad forfeiting right to notice (7)

15: Swings needing repair by unknown stock gauge (4,4,5)

18: Ministers ordain art evil? I doctor a reversal (13)

19: An inhabitant of Eastern Europe makes love nearer the middle (7)

21: Nevertheless, hang about; we are inside (7)

25: Had dressed formally without a hat (5)

26: Shock with exclamations while mounting horse (9)

28: Slip in terror (5)

29: Mention bum Ford model? (5)

30: What's left when you burn the tree (3)
Down
1: Uneven ships cable made from hemp (5)

2: Substantial time at your patch (5)

3: Orange lipstick shows spirit (5)

4: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

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

6: Wanting lean candidates in favour (5,4)

7: No nuns die tormented by lewd insinuations. (9)

8: They're hard to reconcile, Turkey Day displays featuring beef (9)

12: Spanish saying about those of a certain extraction, briefly (5)

14: Gee, boys--pitch a suitcase? (9)

15: Let loose on mower, he's the lord of the manor (9)

16: Rev. Spooner says 'The person massaging Reagan is illiterate' (3-6)

17: Oliver, and not Thomas, Hardy's monogram (5)

20: Correspondence with meal I cooked (5)

22: Mount Ahab, say (5)

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

24: Come to Korea - Chinese part (5)

27: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)




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