Crossword for Wed, 25/Nov/2020

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Across
1: Sadly, tribe sends off good pals (4,2,7)

8: Fall fall stops? (6,3)

10: Oddly corny spot in tomb (5)

11: Roosevelt's undergarment? (5)

12: Told a whopper; admit rest (3,4)

13: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)

16: Implement box for young cat (3)

17: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

18: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

21: Smallest small car, quite silent (7)

23: One who takes after beggarman (5)

25: Love affair for one like Othello, we hear (5)

26: San Francisco athlete captures wild boar, an obvious choice (2-7)

27: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)
Down
1: Dead in place of rest, but not soon enough. (7)

2: Model spoken about is reserved (5)

3: Odysseus' first requirement - to catch you like Polyphemus? (3-4)

4: Place belonging to us south of Florida to supply fine white powder (5)

5: Central matter for physicists luncheon: rocks releasing hydrogen (7)

6: Firework for Kennedy ends right in a hollow part (9)

7: Text, Inc., bankrupted, is gone (7)

9: Tale revised if salty (7)

14: Navaho sing of Five Rings coming clean (6,3)

15: Silver cap for crewless name (7)

17: Condensed agreement (7)

18: Would an Englishman worry about fish? (7)

19: Survive total U.S. devastation (7)

20: Stabs at centre-left defences (7)

22: Zealous police action captures leader of blackmailers (5)

24: Children nicely holding back secret (5)




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