Crossword for Sun, 24/Sep/2023

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Across
1: See, sir; bar is operating at the beer eatery (9)

5: Injured after face off and ready to shoot (5)

8: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)

10: A small amount of change in hearing, sight, or smell, for instance? (5)

11: In the beginning, the first persons found Latin confusing. (7)

12: Chief among any political disorder (7)

13: Wise bird is after Sunday clothes for part of a service (5,4)

14: Scrooge in film is erratic (5)

16: Screams Yes! around line 50 (5)

19: Whip up last cocktail slings! (9)

22: Male meandering in back of sedan burned 'Sugar' (7)

23: Shape up at invading Congo Free State (7)

24: A friend comes round to appease (5)

25: Squirrel with a fuzzy caterpillar, say? (5)

26: Dyslexic's tired and distressed (5)

27: Game for artist holding tip of paintbrush right (4,5)
Down
1: Nosy one, rear in air (9)

2: Fuss over band amounts to worshipping! (7)

3: Fighter to join around fourth of April (7)

4: To initiate into communist units, they carry the vital gas. (3, 5, 5)

5: Great praise for the accountant with demand. (7)

6: Threatens guys between Deuces and Kings (7)

7: Gloomy semi-dull firmament (5)

9: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

15: Oscillating crystal perhaps not so rare (9)

17: A reported cause of shipwrecks in a body of traditions the French one (7)

18: Mad? O, yes! Mad dog! (7)

20: Reconcile with youngster running around at church (5,2)

21: Fight set back by end of week; part of a job of a reporter... (7)

22: Make an average float (5)




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