Crossword for Thu, 21/Dec/2017

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Across
1: Degraded tip of compost heap spoiled Eden (9)

5: Bleat about delay (5)

7: Prolong Austins suffering (7)

9: One who regrets keeping large measuring stick (5)

11: Invention to trick four into a stupor (11)

13: A representative may be a scamp (3)

14: Comic's ROM crashed! Small world, isn't it? (9)

16: A Muslim leader's energy efficiency ratio as a Muslim leader (5)

17: Discover treasure hiding in plain sight (5)

18: Tess spied wrinkled skirts (9)

19: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

20: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

22: Helga excels coming back with a two under par (5)

23: Fixed penalty for 9 (7)

26: There's uranium in many a flower (5)

27: Reverend Spooner's nosy supporter's cookware (6,3)
Down
1: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

2: Aliens set off (3)

3: Evil son in awful group of fiddlers. (4,5)

4: Road leading into dismal swamp (5)

5: 3-down said Sir, I have these! (5,4,4)

6: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

8: Rise as in throw, perhaps, showing fitness to fly (13)

10: Put another way, perhaps, clarinet overwhelming harps, somehow (9)

11: Approached flapper losing one small part (5,4)

12: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

15: Prepared nuts before break of day (4,5)

21: One who takes after beggarman (5)

24: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

25: Club with space for some money (3)




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