Crossword for Fri, 25/Nov/2022

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Across
1: Grind nail head into wound (5)

4: True philosopher that suits the bride (9)

8: Bird dog devouring bad lad (4,5)

10: Crazy ogre royal? I hear you! (5)

12: Send inmates free gin (7)

14: Wine from Greek character one opposed (7)

15: Seedy lawyer is short on rest, disturbed (7)

17: Dilapidated sofa contained initially some hot embers: something's burnt remains. (5, 2)

18: Went to bed embarrassed about backward custom (7)

20: One eating little head of lettuce held by cook in hot water (7)

22: Call back upstart by the Spanish king of old Portugal (7)

23: They teach large groups of swimmers (7)

24: Jump Begin (5)

25: Asks loaded questions about coffee pot supplies (9)

27: Most in side swim in Derbys river (9)

28: Dixie, perhaps, greeting Japanese food (5)
Down
2: Fixed penalty for 9 (7)

3: Grant loud colour (3)

5: Nothing, absolutely (almost) nothing, disturbs cool guys' covers (9)

6: Tag his shirt in order to discover if he's only a little bent. (11)

7: Mechanical parts preserved in green gin ester (7)

8: Steer TS into alternative routes (4,7)

9: First get a French weapon. (3)

11: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

13: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

16: Bluff included in reckless dare in ivy league college (9)

19: Take peach heart to make sweet tart (7)

21: Sponges kisses after initiation (7)

23: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

26: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)




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