Crossword for Wed, 9/Dec/2020

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Across
1: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

3: Exciting moment, actor as reviewer (11)

9: Ministers ordain art evil? I doctor a reversal (13)

10: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)

12: See why a convertible is nonsense (7)

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

14: Two daughters involved in sales of riding equipment (7)

15: Ruse duck (5)

16: Bound to hear what they did about the leak? (5)

19: Actress Katherine, busybody, stifles nasty burp (7)

21: Anger that is constraining response (3)

22: Mostly yearning for headache remedy (7)

23: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

25: Bug found in examination and in a full going-over (10,3)

27: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

28: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)
Down
1: Troubled tenor with a transposition (2,3,5)

2: Plan to return with woman (3)

3: Titanic, once alerted, hugs harbor (7)

4: Sea creatures with vocal powers (7)

5: Identify damage found in back of the ark (7)

6: A little off, but ultimately scored (7)

7: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)

8: Uncommon fly on rare plant (5,4)

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

14: Handle small round piece of charcoal (9)

17: He was called to defend complicated Fed rate (7)

18: Sally was ready to embrace East German (7)

19: Small hound, Prince, doesnt finish? Thats right (7)

20: Confine Grandma for a time to make flag (7)

24: Reliable noise (5)

26: Mink, for one, may fly when theres trouble (3)




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