Crossword for Fri, 26/Jun/2020

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Across
1: Elected to instruct audit of electronic giant (5)

4: Flippancy is thoughtlessness without a trace of respect (9)

9: Assembly said Dracula's sick (7)

11: Hang around and look at that old Roman road (6)

12: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)

13: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

14: Kept definitely in step (9)

16: Root for mounting might (3)

17: Sound of river crossing (3)

19: Rebs to can fresh edible crustacean from southern states (5,4)

24: Leaving firm when dating (5,6)

26: I've lost struggle (3)

27: Fuss over band amounts to worshipping! (7)

28: Author of stories about moles could be clearer (2,5)

29: The stagecoach industry (9)

30: Nasal quality essentially irritates Vera (5)

Down
1: Whip up perfume (7)

2: Shout it out loud - alternatively, mutter quietly (7)

3: Transfer back beat (5)

5: One appears at jetty to lead the way (7)

6: Is this a bird from Australia? (4-5)

7: Famously, Tony led astray (7)

8: Murder novel grips a listener (7)

10: Fastens curls (5)

15: Contrarily tough, arriving cool (9)

17: Where Handel wrote short measure on organ (7)

18: Like a big cat, snaky fish consumes Spanish toddler (7)

20: Shape up at invading Congo Free State (7)

21: Correspond with mother and I boarding train (1-4)

22: Sailor turned up; against operatic song in West German region (7)

23: Something cold in Candice Bergen's makeup (7)

25: Cathy's new boat (5)





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