Crossword for Sat, 24/Jun/2023

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Across
1: Freeze one mug filled with tea, essentially (3,2)

3: Added twist used in job (9)

8: Cooked moist rice is a sexual stimulant (9)

11: Chump getting past in chasm (5)

12: Lovely to have an hour inside for recess (5)

13: King Lear's daughter bathed in oranges and spice (7)

14: On return, for example, put back costume (3-2)

16: They make pies in Pier 1 while catching some Z's (9)

18: Duck putting string on ancient peeper (9)

19: Bar one not keeping heart of bargain (5)

21: Religious observance improves personality a little (7)

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

25: Nothing, nothing in shape (5)

26: Nosy one, rear in air (9)

27: Most popular batter rested in dugout at last (9)

28: Praises cricket ground in a speech (5)
Down
1: Something cold in Candice Bergen's makeup (7)

2: They say the headmaster should be guided by this (9)

4: 29-acrosss kid almost climbing 14-down obstacle, keeping movers in daze (13)

5: Pompously speak of no tax (5)

6: Form of denial mistaken as yin/yang (9)

7: Clears up blemishes of dictators? (7)

9: Have bananas now (3)

10: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

15: Select Poe novel and condense (9)

17: Real idiot garbled opiniated commentary (9)

18: Publish and be exhausted (4,3)

20: Siamese toolmakers reportedly in colorful clothing (3-4)

22: Stopped and looked after blowing top (5)

24: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)




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