Crossword for Thu, 25/Jun/2020

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Across
1: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

9: Culpability starts to goad us into leaving town (5)

10: Butcher shop's opening to sounds of hilarity (9)

11: Clown with a tail. (3)

12: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

13: Smiled with greed, almost, about the hotel (7)

15: Actors were first to have moved on board (7)

17: Said I, 'So be yourself' (suppressing, 'be defiant!') (7)

19: Little singer returned, following band to total a hairy little mother with seating for one. (7)

21: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

23: Control escape (3)

24: Very clever fish ain't at sea (9)

25: Boy scurries around Alabama parlor (5)

27: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)
Down
1: Cleaning aid possessed by Fragonard (3)

2: Fancy decoration thats cool on the surface? (5)

3: Figure it can go to pieces (7)

4: Team's outstanding player goes onto Disabled List. It's all in a day, but really low (9)

5: Opera Asians (5)

6: Immerse in massive sound (7)

7: Whip up last cocktail slings! (9)

8: Prohibit couple from erotically wearing less clothing (5)

11: Carried on with wit,energy and a little determination (5)

14: Blowing siren over corruption on the job (2-7)

15: Flirt with redhead, landing one in the frying pan (9)

16: From my French fiend (5)

18: Dollar reached top position and collapsed (7)

20: Eat after hollow enclosure is discovered (5,2)

21: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)

22: King John's last to find out (5)

23: One who regrets keeping large measuring stick (5)

26: Anyway - no! (3)




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