Crossword for Thu, 27/Aug/2020

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Across
2: Teen unclothes poorly dressed diners (13)

9: Some leading trios are essentially reenacting poems (4,5)

10: Massage central skeleton for money (5)

11: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)

12: Aliens set off (3)

13: Warned of related crackpot (7)

15: Romero races around (5)

16: Daring time to ship (7)

17: Hired men for single musical performance from the East (7)

18: Two articles in French about Diamonds and Big Dipper (5)

20: Apparition in Hampton maze (7)

21: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)

22: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

24: Ms. Lane swallows last of lean cuts of meat (5)

26: Strange set-back overwhelms blundering bravado (7-2)

27: Beat it and ran, for example, with Girl Scout ingredients (9,4)

Down
1: Tied down holding back fighting (5)

2: Left out cheese for parasites (7)

3: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

4: Dreadful shade rules the Underworld. (5)

5: Small holes around big shoes, trainers and clogs initially create stumbling blocks (9).

6: Emergency room stocks one sensitive organ (3)

7: Certain Asian set in bronze? Oh, sure (7)

8: Write down 'In mink, not frozen'? (9)

14: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

15: Whip up last cocktail slings! (9)

16: Victor receives this prize literally or decoration (4,5)

17: Windows creator more neglectful after hearing's end (7)

19: Compensation check matures (7)

21: Peeled, making Pop embarrassed? (5)

23: One who follows Zeno to island in South Carolina (5)

25: In all, just a little peak. (3)





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