Crossword for Fri, 24/Nov/2023

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Across
1: Publicity about one expectant father, perhaps (5)

4: Strangely enough, cat's lease keeps getting bigger (9)

8: Apprentice relinquishes heart to temptress (7)

9: Complaining ruler gets expression of disgust (7)

11: See why a convertible is nonsense (7)

12: Incomprehensible English is the sign of a professional (7)

14: Book half written by sculptor or composer (7)

15: Dislikes laughter set-up (5)

17: Praises cricket ground in a speech (5)

18: Part of American's eerie pronouncement after a miracle (1,3,3)

19: Little one wearing hat provided boundaries (7)

22: Red phone, e.g., is out of order in hotel (7)

24: Commanding officer is a roll call nut (7)

25: Taxi C.E.O. ordered for the not-so-ordinary (7)

26: After harvest fruit is seen again (9)

27: Ball mislaid? Caned (5)
Down
1: Part, or bring together (5)

2: Souped-up car halted at Winchester church. (9)

3: He explored star (7,6)

4: Wyatt sharpens up listening devices (9)

5: Fancies and gets hard around (5)

6: Movie monster's night out (5)

7: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)

10: Actor works on two dialects (5,8)

13: To escape with lover from Warsaw, man climbs last section of fence (5)

14: British Petroleum dispute (5)

15: Raises chickens (about 8) (9)

16: Young boy capturing us with snapshot, initially incurring mistrust (9)

20: A little adorable man about to make a toast (5)

21: The end of some rivers is oddly deep, lethal (5)

23: Delete Times editorial first (5)

24: See, you are a cad. (3)




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