Crossword for Sat, 21/Jan/2023

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Across
1: Organized fatso follows start of precise measurement including pound of seasoning (11)

6: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

8: I, for one, adhere to edict (13)

10: Rebs to can fresh edible crustacean from southern states (5,4)

12: Blow the whistle on the end of Chinese burn (5)

14: A sign of winter here in Paris -- clashes when ash is dumped (7)

15: Proportion of formal speech needing to be trimmed on either end (5)

17: Ordered hoop to conserve mass and energy (5)

18: Jumps all over bees swarming rat (7)

20: Very loud intrusion spoiled its cross words (5)

22: Note: it's holding back army base's updates (9)

24: Novel deviance in the movie? (5,2,6)

26: One politician's a brat (3)

27: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

Down
1: Whistles for tarts carrying pitcher (5)

2: Strange lingo - some new expression (9)

3: Savage welcomes United Nations' interment (7)

4: Top card? Excellent! (3)

5: Valuable discovery certain in luxury travel (8,5)

6: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)

7: Fall fall stops? (6,3)

9: Designed dashing ten-ton pick-up (3-5,5)

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

13: With greater reason for a riot I riot (1,8)

16: One giving evidence, if ignored, would be more snappish (9)

18: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

19: Reunite scattered entourage (7)

21: Bored after meals? (3,2)

23: Shabby but virile? (5)

25: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)





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