Crossword for Thu, 8/Sep/2022

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Across
1: Valuable coat of arms positioned (5)

4: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

6: Blonde's blemishes reflected (5)

8: Rebel action disrupted festival (11)

9: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

10: Odds of niece being born (3)

11: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

13: Dine and drink with fan (9)

15: I tear to pieces in a fury (5)

16: Ring bearing rare gem (5)

17: We tangled with this old kitchen cloth (4,5)

20: A favourite car of Seattle natives. (11)

22: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

23: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

24: Alice, Val or 10-across exploit lotus-eating? (2,5,4)

25: Introduction to book by mere poet (5)

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

27: Tramp and rake over green (5)
Down
1: Goes up when five score goals (7)

2: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

3: Containers holding top-grade instruments (5)

4: Top of sports car the French painted on time is deep red (7)

5: Force of nature, like Chubby Checker (7)

6: Sounds like a bright child (3).

7: Cajole important person having below-average grade at end of June (7)

9: A grim ball gown, uncomfortable in increasing temperature (6,7)

12: Bizarre exits are... (5)

14: Defeated after losing leader, gets plastered (5)

16: Lead around other green (7)

17: Desired rotten insults (7)

18: Suppressed and overturned, it's taken flight (7)

19: A king involved in the French connection (7)

21: Miserable raise follows poor grade (5)

24: Fiction position (3)




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