Crossword for Fri, 24/Feb/2023

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Across
1: Plowmen let Amy spread job statute (10,3)

9: Agent accepts mere garbage for contract (9)

10: Entertain one of nine daughters of Mnemosyne (5)

11: Burdened young man with couple of encumbrances (5)

12: Welsh resort - and no dull resort (9)

13: Soundly folds belt, does evening wear (7)

14: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

17: Pen extracts articles from satay (3)

20: Disregarding Dad's squeal (7)

23: Winner against what French first resisted otherwise (9)

25: Suitable position to occupy in back with revolutionary (5)

26: Crow circles front of gate in Eastern fort (5)

27: In morning, use me and part of the Bible for diversion (9)

28: Rap wave using scab? (6-7)
Down
1: Paul wears shirt the wrong way to provide shoulder covering (7)

2: They're hard to reconcile, Turkey Day displays featuring beef (9)

3: Deciphered code in a sea-nymph (7)

4: Mussel I cooked for breakfast fare (7)

5: Can't sue crazy lunatic (3,4)

6: Hero-worshipper dancing reel and jig (7)

7: Will, in the past, cried out 'timber' (5)

8: Stare at severe blemish (7)

15: Stop the drip; its for future use (9)

16: Dark horse carries coach (7)

18: More up-to-date way for Oscar to greet Felix? (7)

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

20: Discompose each half of turbines (7)

21: Genuine hesitation in church after transgression (7)

22: More pronounced rasp (7)

24: No spot for weather forecast before snow approaches (5)




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