Crossword for Sat, 24/Oct/2020

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Across
1: Listened to someone without polish (7)

3: Dashes the heart out of horribly quiet chickens (7)

7: Me, in bed with heavenly body? (5)

10: Expert made to order in the world of scholarship (7)

11: Give in and offer up (5)

12: Whip a pick-me-up to cause stupor (9).

14: Cantankerous old woman giving out big chops. (6-3)

16: Chip is describing rare bird call (5)

17: Singers in a special Tosca production (5)

18: End is close, doctor surreptitiously revealed (9)

19: Revealing depravity, Dick the highwayman does not finish playing duet (9)

20: Trunk and tangled roots (5)

22: United States taken in by tax he prepared to squander (7)

24: Draw epee, gutlessly capturing noble Frenchman (5)

25: Surprisingly, neither was in place. (7)

26: Officers mentioned coat (7)
Down
1: Fortunate brave gets a late start (5)

2: Exciting moment, actor as reviewer (11)

3: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

4: Friend captures random Arctic sound (9)

5: Sound of river crossing (3)

6: Little Digger pens sailboat drawing sheets (6,3)

8: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

9: He explored star (7,6)

13: 27-across about starting off 1-down world unconditionally (2,3,2,4)

14: Born most disreputable and insufferable (9)

15: Total lack of enthusiasm for girlishness in Scotland? (9)

20: Draw the knot (3)

21: Robe's eyelet exposes more than fat (5)

23: Grant loud colour (3)




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