Crossword for Tue, 22/Aug/2023

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Across
1: Later on, does dance with a lay-person? (9)

5: Fancies and gets hard around (5)

8: Crude barbarian leads rough search (2,7)

10: In the manner of a girl (3)

11: Make an attempt at a basket weaving (4,1,4)

13: Crow circles front of gate in Eastern fort (5)

14: Fall fall stops? (6,3)

16: Haley's book provides moral support (5)

18: Weird canal echo (5)

20: Show off Mark's Mazda Miata, for one (6,3)

22: Make an average float (5)

23: Please get tough about rising average temperature (9)

24: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

25: Somehow it is clear and practical (9)

27: When first missing, feel sorry for wader (5)

28: Breaking promise, strip back nightie (9)
Down
1: Ms Starr has a gun, a mere toy (9)

2: Song is a gas (3)

3: Formulate a question in mathematical terms (9)

4: Boxer Max returned, holding heroin, for treatment (5)

5: Room for a bullet? (7)

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

7: Quiet floor decoration is a sign of indifference (5)

9: Stop fooling around with her at tea break (4,1,8)

12: Top card? Excellent! (3)

15: Defects called for a metal cache underfoot (5,4)

17: Secret art dashed Tennessees desire (9)

19: Former color no longer available? (7)

21: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

22: Selected last of acrylic socks (5)

23: Brings home vases, reportedly (5)

26: One politician's a brat (3)




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