Crossword for Sat, 8/May/2021

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Across
1: Gloomy pizza maker taking day off around middle of January (7)

5: Finished holding second half of tour; it's lasted (7)

8: English philosopher in rasher lot? (5)

9: To Marx, it'd troubled an old printer? (3,6)

11: Start reducing salt? (3)

12: Host seems clever, off and on (5)

13: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)

14: A highlight, a primary colour reflected into small pieces (7)

16: Arrays of waves in rumpled carpets (7)

17: Offensive time: that woman's in restraints (7)

19: Contracted to bring out in the middle of the road (7)

20: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)

21: Big affectionate bears blunder (5)

23: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

25: Whip me. Our lust is timid (9)

26: A heron regrets losing its wings (5)

27: Buses and trains. (7)

28: Smaller golfer (7)

Down
1: Alternative part of course (5)

2: Unfortunate rot in republic is everlasting (13)

3: Tiny weight once you're in (5)

4: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)

5: French heart pines for early courses (7)

6: Outline a principal overhaul (4,5)

7: A French number that is Country or Jazz (9)

10: Check out tailless fish swallowing speck of dust with hand-held device (6,7)

14: Top cop gets into caper with skill from way down under (9)

15: Crank up front half of outhouse in Alabama, for example (4-5)

18: Italian gentlemen's token or piece of silver (7)

19: Started frustrating us in real unwillingness to accept (7)

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

24: Hero to remember sheathing blade (5)





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