Crossword for Wed, 9/Oct/2019

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Across
1: Fuss over band amounts to worshipping! (7)

5: Digger protects a Royal worth his salt (7)

8: Bugler to stand playing in fields of war (13)

10: Snarling assistant to devil worshipers (9)

13: Third stack of paper rises to the top. (5)

15: Getting old drink in silver container (5)

17: Throw a fit as ice is tossed in shower (5,4)

18: Evita Peron endlessly tortured spy (9)

19: Inspects quantities of beer (5)

20: I had been at the front, and retired (5)

21: The man's a trite, worn-out waiter (9)

23: Scenery has to get down by starting 12-across (7,6)

27: Borderland has acting ruler (7)

28: Top dog in hiding from distemper organisms (7)

Down
1: Like a high ranking diplomat's awful ambrosia salad (13)

2: Group of eight initially outwits coup to enter Tripoli (5)

3: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

4: Feel sick from crack? (3)

5: One Miss Horn takes a tumble with guys having outlaw spirits (11)

6: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)

7: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

9: Runner or dramatist in play (13)

11: Dragging endless returns from a tightwad (7)

12: Tag his shirt in order to discover if he's only a little bent. (11)

13: Team to sever a severe top style (7)

14: Mild oath irritates Degas (5)

16: Perfect conviction ends trial (5)

22: Going back in where GI trapped predator (5)

23: Sounds like a bright child (3).

24: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

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

26: Lick up pal (3)





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