Crossword for Wed, 26/Apr/2023

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Across
1: Drudge from Los Angeles, one who makes you yawn (7)

5: A monster making some angry phone-calls (7)

7: A couple of olives in drink for billiards area (4,5)

8: Tippecanoe is home to a nut (5)

10: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)

11: Lethargic entertainer taking part (5)

13: Wild rose engulfs one willow (5)

14: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

15: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

16: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

19: Is Pat suitable? (3)

20: Shoelace tip has baby bird losing its head (5)

21: Its out-of-date to need a permit for the course (5)

22: Start reducing salt? (3)

24: Dizzy Ben is a playwright (5)

25: To peel off cover for torrid paparazzi shot (9)

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

27: Desired rotten insults (7)
Down
1: Jacket feature from copy seen in fifties (5)

2: Thinks about frolicking like she's a sitcom actress (6,7)

3: Trailer crashed in second test (7)

4: Okay shot ripped tears in butt (6-5)

5: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

6: Sent off info to npr.org? (9)

8: Tine expert no good (5)

9: Actor works on two dialects (5,8)

12: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

14: State control for Romanians (3,6)

17: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)

18: Two small exercise routines initially for the cleaner (7)

23: Haley's book provides moral support (5)

25: Thumb Drum? (3)




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