Crossword for Fri, 21/Jun/2024

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Across
1: Bored after meals? (3,2)

4: Prevent ruler from going ashore (9)

9: Farmyard creatures defining an unlikely story? (4,3,4)

10: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

11: The king did not stand for it when he heard that he ogles her. (4, 3)

12: Old role for paintings that trick the eye (2,3)

13: Terribly huge boy outside showed amusement (7)

15: Lionel train originally given to Ron Howard on 'Happy Days' (7)

16: Warrior and Republican in fantastic legend (7)

19: Blabbermouth a little later on is noisy, venomous creature (7)

21: Writer deserts pea-green match (5)

22: Our visa, perhaps for divers (7)

25: Equips for attacks (4)

26: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

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

28: Turning up in Alcatraz, Al Pacino is a square! (5)
Down
2: Transfer from Delaware to California (5)

3: 'An old Egyptian,' Mia said (7)

4: Oh, Oh, stepping out of dog messes -- it's for the birds (5)

5: Radical Ulster reb is boastful windbag (9)

6: What one does with barrels can lead to a problem in the toilet. (4, 3)

7: Call into question where I am pinkish? (7)

8: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

9: Fool gets share of standards in 25-down (13)

14: In the act an organ is brought forth (9)

17: The near-breaking of ground (7)

18: When one should be expecting a suitable partner (3,4)

20: Ace swallows pastry tart (7)

23: Regarding Mutt, make a comeback? (5)

24: Bear's cub adapted internal air supply (5)




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