Crossword for Sun, 30/Dec/2018

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Across
1: Relaxes about measure, but holds malice (7)

5: Hope and Crosby going up and down (7)

8: A contractor builds or he rents (9)

9: Conservative interrupting nobody for the time being (5)

11: Something good made by dwarf barber, perhaps! (6,7)

13: Final recipient of product ensured indiscreetly. (3, 4)

15: Fairy tale character concealed in simulated war front (5)

18: Blonde's blemishes reflected (5)

19: Miss important reference and get caught in a loop (7)

21: Ministers ordain art evil? I doctor a reversal (13)

23: Digs for leads in homicide of the elderly lady (5)

24: Bilbo got misled about a necessary part (9)

26: Each retiring bachelor's promise finally cast in stone (7)

27: Certain engines stall less jerkily (7)
Down
1: Decide to find a new answer (7)

2: Loudly certain Woodbridges a near-certainty (5,4)

3: Original North American time precedes 'America Latina' (5)

4: Sounds like a bright child (3).

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

6: Certainly not breaking many bones (2,2,5)

7: More pronounced rasp (7)

10: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

12: Rejecting crew's work on board, you rest at the stern (8,3)

14: Split, ran? (9)

16: Audacity by attendant where the most important news is found (5,4)

17: Its cold! Hurry up and ground it ... (5,2)

20: Clears up blemishes of dictators? (7)

21: Is Pat suitable? (3)

22: I hear mantas and surface (5)

25: Tender command (3)




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