Crossword for Tue, 27/Sep/2022

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Across
1: Mother is outside with Muslim priests (5)

3: Ship's official drinking tea with buyer (9)

8: Regularly visit the husband of a relative (5)

10: To make matters worse, Georgia left before Virginia, slipping into a series of heavy metal bars (9)

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

12: Rita Mears breaks wind near a plane (9)

13: Drank up in station (5)

15: Erotic gem represented design using simple shapes (9)

18: Moderately amphibian, for example, by the middle of the creek (2,1,6)

19: Gutter seamstress (5)

20: Greeting South-East Asian from Tibet? (9)

21: First Lady's vocal projections (5)

23: Draw out statement that you dined at 2200 hrs (9)

25: One who follows Zeno to island in South Carolina (5)

27: Vulgar and insipid (9)

28: A fellow's legs may be protected by these (5)

Down
1: Equips for attacks (4)

2: Entertain cable channel hosting Total Recall (5)

3: Flying squirrel making Prince Henry rage (9)

4: Cleaning aid possessed by Fragonard (3)

5: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

6: Tending in Southern California to fight straw man? (9)

7: Discharge space-talk (5)

9: How a diver might marry (4,3,6)

11: Down by one shot (5)

14: Frolicking, pals-y team? (9)

16: Shrubs dot the French mountain range, providing a tinge of russet (9)

17: Tends to scare silly (5)

20: Learn of teacher's initial courage (5)

22: Bloomer made by member of string quartet (5)

24: Top card? Excellent! (3)

26: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)





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