Crossword for Tue, 25/Oct/2022

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Across
1: 'Gigolo, Inc.' lothario sporting primitive G-string (9)

6: Carrying on thus, for some reason I create a sort of boom (5)

8: Opening building in church grounds in Sulawesi (7)

9: Woman on Swiss shore (5)

11: Set aside a conservation area (7)

12: Swindled the coat off one's back (7)

13: Dozens of sprites seen on Tuesday and Wednesday initially (7)

15: Listened to someone without polish (7)

18: Site of the Taj Mahal seen in faint illustration (7)

20: MP insiders use NATO referendum (7)

21: Tiresome platitude from dim bore (7)

23: Hard to comprehend English version if scholars used Latin edition from the South initially (7)

25: Tied down holding back fighting (5)

26: Rear oat variety as a way to break up the soil (7)

27: Navigate by terse directions (5)

28: End result of how rotgut's processed (9)
Down
1: Cut material had value (9)

2: Runs in place without a top--without a top OR bottom (5)

3: Motorist to welcome hailing? (3-6)

4: Storey's fantastic seafood (7)

5: Aspirant describing old road movies? (7)

6: Reliable, timeless jet (5)

7: Under no circumstances should you take a worker from a bean-counter following his little number. (2, 7)

10: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

14: Complex pig torn apart in causing excitement.(9)

16: Victor Norman William (9)

17: Metallic element forming excellent electrical connection (4,5)

19: Eminent performer in some art form (7)

20: Actor James in mix with actor Carney (7)

21: Tender command (3)

22: Main nerve carries most central portion (5)

24: Guided into the West (2,3)




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