Crossword for Fri, 30/Sep/2022

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Across
1: Provoke Church of Scotland's absent leader (3)

3: Pick up line for first man swinging both ways? (5,2,4)

8: Part, or bring together (5)

9: 23% of Scandinavians backing leaders (3)

10: Emblem of sovereignty that was a quarter-pounder? (5)

12: Valuable discovery certain in luxury travel (8,5)

13: Breaking promise, strip back nightie (9)

15: Retro eatery has nothing covered in grease (5)

16: De Bergerac hugged bird on return (5)

18: Kiss I love in the morning, with a twitch taken to be self-evident (9)

22: Ships use up aid at sea; remain in a grave situation (4,2,7)

24: Romero races around (5)

25: Number One in facetiousness (3)

26: Free trade: highest bird for lowest bill(5)

27: I deem turds a regrettable necessity (11)

28: Club with space for some money (3)
Down
1: For motivation we are led by a Demon and Frog. (7)

2: Lament the first person heard in good judgment (4,3)

3: Bumps into butcher's display of tongue? (5)

4: Separate Tolkien's monster in the middle of dive (7)

5: Watch Othello, for one, receiving minor criticism (7)

6: Comic's ROM crashed! Small world, isn't it? (9)

7: Threatened males got perfect scores (7)

11: A Gore follows a Ryan (5)

14: Urgently compelled president? Sure - with democratic leader (9)

16: Briefly viewed bigot's heart, opened like a boil (7)

17: Almost reveal Nationals' former identity (5)

18: Original caliph adds brave face to UK/Arab struggle (3-4)

19: Was resident hidden in wild net? (7)

20: Essay about one mathematical function in three volumes (7)

21: Cretins destroyed tank (7)

23: Faith in Osiris, lamentably (5)




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