Crossword for Tue, 4/Dec/2018

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Across
1: Grill when involved in corruption (5)

4: 'Shut up or else,' con snarled (7)

8: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

10: Consumed and digested tea (3)

11: Sound measure when Bec lied badly (7)

13: Resident's web terminal missing (7)

14: Lady hugging extremely old lumberjack (7)

16: Famous for being incompetent? (7)

17: A right given to colliery worker or sailor (7)

19: Ross bit nuts in restaurants (7)

21: Fashion designer going round cold part of church (7)

22: Thirteenth in a series, ER's about an Aussie racketeer who took repeated slams? (7)

24: Period email feature (3)

25: I'll be stuffed if I'll deal with him!. (11)

27: I got spoilt when wed (7)

28: Take tricks with this wit? (5)

Down
1: Grant again drew one crookedly (7)

2: Consumed, beginning at the end (3)

3: Poles in trouble with character from Greece (7)

4: Issue of number one detergent brand being withdrawn (7)

5: Ponders company portals embracing information technology (9)

6: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

7: Expert in scriptural interpretation in Devon River to fetch sweetheart (7)

9: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

12: Orchestra I'm reorganizing for certain conductor (11)

15: Pasta leads to eccentric crime boss losing head (9)

17: On the road with the son of the first Scot. (7)

18: Surrounded by grass, loose and laid-back (7)

19: Kitchen appliance is banker's first loaner (7)

20: Bumpers, e.g., aren't so damaged (7)

23: Terrier shows how to stray (3)

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





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