Crossword for Mon, 27/Dec/2021

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Across
1: Unprepared, a little gerbil darted the wrong way (2-3)

4: Dee Star danced in two clubs recently (9)

8: Painter mentioned hidden burial (9)

9: Viola rendition is an attention-getter (5)

11: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

12: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

13: Oriental talc dispenser deserves acclaim (5)

14: Cold medicine's secret ingredients (7)

18: Distance to pull cart up before time (7)

19: Madison's statue (5)

21: Anyway - no! (3)

23: One Miss Horn takes a tumble with guys having outlaw spirits (11)

25: No hay for big punch fabricator (5)

26: A cinerama restored examples of a country's quirks (9)

27: Auction to stem persuasive patter (5,4)

28: A month to live, perhaps (5)
Down
1: Do I have the capacity to be good-natured? (7)

2: In the wee hours, come together sideways (9)

3: Lots of risk in deal with lawyer (9)

4: Pay in gym before deli spread (5)

5: Orbiting object strayed SE a little (9)

6: First Lady's vocal projections (5)

7: 19-across, perhaps, bites indeed (5)

10: Like powerful uncle in Indian state? (5)

14: Beloved airman to a formation (9)

15: Moist rice suprisingly a source of arousal. (9)

16: Part of Washington cabinet or writing desk (9)

17: Poison with spite (5)

20: Say again 'Others had food' (7)

22: Marry large bumpkin (5)

23: Notes spent in Germany (5)

24: Shiny flat-bottomed boats heading north (5)




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