Crossword for Tue, 3/Apr/2018

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Across
1: Circle-drawer combines with 27 to make direction card (7)

5: Unbeliever attending robbery (7)

9: Control escape (3)

10: Left with pal carrying new gold case (11)

11: In all, just a little peak. (3)

12: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

14: I'm to intercede without delay (9)

16: Drunk held firmly (5)

17: Inspects quantities of beer (5)

20: English jet fighter made an assessment and left the country (9)

23: Rifles protect lady from 16-down overhead (11)

24: The end, you say? On the contrary! (3)

26: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

29: Half disapprove of old king (3)

30: Closest home receives attention (7)

31: Clear up what used to be homely (7)
Down
1: Tends to scare silly (5)

2: Smallest small car, quite silent (7)

3: A couple of pints back up two-part cheer (7)

4: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

5: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)

6: ...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)

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

8: Proclaimed head of the French delegation initially eating roast (9)

13: Depart from low overhang (5)

14: Nice work - point out the beginning (9)

15: Bizarre exits are... (5)

18: Arrays of waves in rumpled carpets (7)

19: Company strongly recommend: after first scolding, apply the whip! (7)

21: Appears that fine car is elevated (5,2)

22: 'Bewitched' girl hit a bat frolicking (7)

25: Bird gets an eminent man (5)

27: On the canvas from third strike (3)

28: Sound of river crossing (3)




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