Crossword for Thu, 4/Jan/2024

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Across
1: Its a firm, small lettuce (3)

3: Leaving firm when dating (5,6)

7: Rambling prattle set up first of many a part (9)

10: Helga excels coming back with a two under par (5)

12: Big French cheese, Monsieur Parks, arrived earlier (9)

14: Antelope found in oriental country.(5

15: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

16: The sound of a piano is excruciating (5)

17: I competed with climbers on the walls? (5)

18: Quietly pulls electrical connectors (5)

19: Wooded hillock forming part of Arthur's territory (5)

20: Draw the knot (3)

22: Wild rose engulfs one willow (5)

23: Ran quickly along and scraped me badly (9)

24: First time under par for the tournament. (5)

25: Two affirmations in broadcast SALT agreement? (3,3,3)

27: Thirteen broken adzes repaired (6,5)

28: Totally lacking a lofty plaything (3)
Down
1: Wildcats left out in capital (7)

2: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)

4: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

5: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)

6: Gave up and produced (7)

8: Runner or dramatist in play (13)

9: Designed dashing ten-ton pick-up (3-5,5)

11: Spartacus, for instance, delighted theatergoers primarily in Iowa and Oregon (9)

13: Mothers copper, Mark, is male (9)

18: Wanderer features in ones best adage (7)

21: Old communist uprising described in distorted yell (7)

26: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)




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