Crossword for Sun, 20/Sep/2020

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Across
1: Owned 500 (about right) broken skis in storage locations (4,5)

6: Fir tree cut down for kind of wood (5)

9: Unfortunate rot in republic is everlasting (13)

10: Gas makes one put on weight (5)

11: Dance to old home recording (3 4)

15: Very brave, Dorothy's starting without Em perhaps? (9)

16: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

17: Child is to depart, finally (3)

18: Erma Roddy smoked a Camel (9)

21: Composition of eastern grave (7)

22: Hang poor Democrat from the east (5)

23: Cook ran; ragout spilled; one might jump to conclusions here? (8,5)

26: Component of landfill center announced (5)

27: Most distant area of open land has street on both sides (9)
Down
1: Healers swear by the cases of the little river horse. (11)

2: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

3: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

4: Separate from the pile, not in following type (4,3)

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

6: The end, you say? On the contrary! (3)

7: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

8: Number One in facetiousness (3)

12: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)

13: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

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

19: Imposing put our nose out of joint (7)

20: Apprentice relinquishes heart to temptress (7)

23: Famous gardens said to move one to speak. (3)

24: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

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




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