Crossword for Fri, 26/Apr/2024

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Across
1: Clip of Southern Conservative is very revealing at first (7)

5: Reverse engineer, at last, recipe for dish best served cold? (7)

8: Plays without a wee measure of drinks (5)

9: Newton committed to figure out research (3,4)

11: Ancient historian understood America (7)

12: Partially hear the noise coming from the ground (7)

13: Devil gets a beating in Adelaide (5)

14: Consumed and digested tea (3)

16: She literally describes high society (5)

18: It may be used in candy or brought back in taxi (5)

19: Send back gangster's gun to get ID (3)

20: Bestows clothes (5)

22: Freshly pick up select book on top (7)

25: Midstream babe learning Hawaiian custom (7)

26: Wreck plastic cup rack (5-2)

27: Agreeable to taking in Eastern relative (5)

28: Mrs. Roosevelt East, Trim, Oregon (7)

29: Seedy lawyer is short on rest, disturbed (7)
Down
1: Tranquillises extremely senile escorts (7)

2: Limits of Indonesian dictator lacking true measure of economy (9)

3: Tint bark clogs to provide foot support (8,5)

4: Train sets notwithstanding (9)

5: Security chief purged a pair of generals (5)

6: Excerpt from selection in 'The Ultimate Life of a Cat,' perhaps (5)

7: Have no uncertainty - speak out (7)

10: Dry vegetarian, about to like this puzzle, perhaps? (6, 7)

15: Vegetables are chickens? (9)

17: Bankrupt being disrespectful about victory sign (9)

18: Small boat from County Clare, possibly (7)

21: Fish for captain (7)

23: Egad, a saw, run in reverse (5)

24: Sailor takes gym class to slim down (5)




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