Crossword for Fri, 8/Jan/2021

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Across
1: Damage the object, Mr. Gore, having to do with marriage (7)

4: Disappointment for French village around 1st of December (7)

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

9: Trespass upon a moniker exploited by commercials (4,7)

12: Requiring what sounds like massaging (7)

15: Film after set back, is more sensitive (7)

16: Birds lay first of eggs on parts of shoelaces (7)

17: A certain church objective (7)

18: An inhabitant of Eastern Europe makes love nearer the middle (7)

20: Hikers' path around Virginia is hard work (7)

22: Have a go at draw (7)

23: Fighter to join around fourth of April (7)

24: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

27: Odds of niece being born (3)

28: Admire well-designed sceptre (7)

29: Mortified humans - fifty per cent felt great pity (7)
Down
1: Get the wrong idea, damn it, distressed about breaks (13)

2: Thumb Drum? (3)

3: Telekinesis pinches Albanian coin (3)

5: Believes in harnessing hydrogen for sources of propulsion (7)

6: End of Oslo peace process making things less clear (13)

8: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

10: Alludes to convicts holding up Italian (9)

11: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

13: Frost to cover the cake (3)

14: Gouge consumer for household warmth (3,6)

19: Man sees bananas in a bunch (2,5)

21: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

25: Equips for attacks (4)

26: In all, just a little peak. (3)




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