Crossword for Fri, 25/May/2018

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Across
1: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

3: Stimulant produced as choir paid off (11)

9: Without a bit of Retin-A, stops wrinkles (7)

10: Come before chief of police, and back off (7)

11: Road leading into dismal swamp (5)

12: Charmed - then dance about (9)

14: Agrees that a course should be forwarded to the primary school (7)

15: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

16: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

18: Pauses awkwardly after error but steadies nerves (5,2)

22: Persuade you to buy low-cal, so to speak, for unsightly fat (9)

23: Reject the upset outcast (5)

24: The ex-President's back; time to withdraw? (7)

26: Rip male off for money in Honduras (7)

27: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

28: Call for help oddly stops (3)

Down
1: Unpopular cad escorted around shopping malls (7)

2: Rifles protect lady from 16-down overhead (11)

3: Sanctions mailed through fool (7)

4: A former Middle-Eastern leader who is reasonable in discussion (7)

5: A legendary string player, he joins us after turning professional (7)

6: Take Sominex, act half-blurry (7)

7: Frost to cover the cake (3)

8: The last theologian inside to burn the cheese (7)

13: Big flowers for VIPs? (4,7)

16: Fodder derived from Swiss lake (7)

17: Original caliph adds brave face to UK/Arab struggle (3-4)

18: Pets lie about the letter. (7)

19: She'll get appliance that's tan (7)

20: Cuts back small curls (7)

21: Strangely, Salerno is a city in France (7)

25: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)





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