Crossword for Mon, 31/Jul/2023

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Across
1: Fewer chant Sumo beaten (3,2,4)

5: After Friday, Luke gets a piece of tail? (5)

7: Manager of Shanghai operation is one who is making an impact? (9)

9: Chip covered in Nirvana chocolate (5)

11: Troubled tenor with a transposition (2,3,5)

13: A manciple destroyed bell-tower (9)

14: Oddly corny spot in tomb (5)

15: Unspoken corruption - born venal! (3-6)

18: Observed, yet seen so poorly (3,4,2)

20: Jeep model went along to show (5)

22: Old puzzle - it sounds delightful (9)

24: Biblical refugee, American flower (5)

25: Unable to act, I cast 'Rent' (5)

26: I may fall into pit in a remote country (9)

28: Oilwell fireman Red's commercial run (5)

29: Flippancy is thoughtlessness without a trace of respect (9)
Down
1: Pests in a census? Distorted. (9)

2: Fine log doesnt begin garden art (7)

3: Hear Native American appeal (3)

4: Rabbit (male) with nest of bunnies? (5)

5: Support a deranged original (11)

6: To escape with lover from Warsaw, man climbs last section of fence (5)

8: Not much time for supporters (7)

10: Shinny up and start to cut branch (5)

12: 15-acrosss toilet pot? Rubbish! (5,6)

16: The Dane's suggested destination for sisters. (7)

17: Places and composition? (9)

19: Puff from lips into hat (5)

21: Told about Trotsky hoarding cash (3,2,2)

22: Girl leaving in the morning from America (5)

23: Irish terrorists meet queen - one from Baghdad, perhaps (5)

27: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)




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