Crossword for Thu, 6/Apr/2023

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Across
1: Questionable realtor robs preacher (4,7)

7: Anger that is constraining response (3)

9: Southern duo, caught in act, gave up hope (9)

10: Run around near a stadium (5)

11: Old Testament figure appears before New Testament incident (5)

12: ESP school worried ancient dramatist (9)

14: First lady in France is a hot number (5)

16: A revolutionary kind of tire contains a bit of carbide (7)

18: Jumps all over bees swarming rat (7)

20: Expel National Service Union leaders and heartbreak will follow (5)

21: Greek hero's a stranger among men (9)

22: Gas makes one put on weight (5)

25: Wild rose engulfs one willow (5)

26: Italian article held by terrible regular or irregular soldier (9)

27: Consumed and digested tea (3)

28: 7-down relic? (6,5)
Down
1: Soldier shelled in song from the past (5)

2: Lost sail heading for eastern passage (5)

3: Property agent for existing rocky peak (7)

4: Black arts and demons concerned with Homer's issue? (4,7)

5: Bloody bored inside (3)

6: Performs skinning of a flopping fish on the table (7)

7: Hearty policeman plugs frozen treats (3,6)

8: Mild oath irritates Degas (5)

13: Left with pal carrying new gold case (11)

14: Chain some; cuff objectors (3)

15: Flexible tail wagging during poetry (9)

17: Fiction position (3)

19: Dopey met hero with a proposition (7)

20: He got ripped exhibiting selfish behavior (3,4)

21: Figaro manufactures some scent (5)

23: Stan's partner is central to Follies (5)

24: Belated top-and-tailing to gladden one's heart (5)

26: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)




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