Crossword for Thu, 7/May/2020

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Across
1: 'However' and 'Believe' singer is someone who handles cuts (7)

4: Helps for a short time (7)

8: I am reported to leer (3)

10: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

11: Something cold in Candice Bergen's makeup (7)

12: ...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)

13: Dislikes laughter set-up (5)

15: Taper rude, non-standard deviation (9)

17: Peg's put on jeans, and airs (9)

19: Void three stones (5)

21: You're told the cost in old money (7)

22: A first class fuss about 50 per cent vote for fruit (7)

24: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

26: You audibly ram partner (3)

27: Short measure and light weight, say (7)

28: Classical musician composing her opus (7)
Down
1: Flaw exposed in regrettable mishap (7)

2: Dashes the heart out of horribly quiet chickens (7)

3: Praised a general capturing returning traitors (9)

4: Begin suspecting like you're clever (3)

5: Backward Nevada city or city singer (7)

6: Fewer chant Sumo beaten (3,2,4)

7: Encase most of the Ashes wrongly (7)

9: Sound of river crossing (3)

14: T.V. picture is said to produce an image that's larger than life. (9)

16: Is it a chop that's nutty or a nut that's chopped? (9)

17: Gee, Etna exploding can't be more than twenty years old (7)

18: Wild game cooking in ovens (7)

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

20: 'Old car stalls,' discloses again? (7)

23: Five kills one. (3)

25: Number One in facetiousness (3)




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