Crossword for Sun, 12/Apr/2020

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Across
1: Chain some; cuff objectors (3)

4: Metallic element forming excellent electrical connection (4,5)

9: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)

10: Risk of pole womans end being upset after handy beer (11)

11: I hear mantas and surface (5)

12: Hordes of unions' speakers (5)

13: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

14: Brand of cat food containing bird's head and feet (5)

15: In hindsight, schedule recorded for a blast (9)

17: Sailors with thin skins are cinematic celebrities (4 5)

21: Tuck's in a bad way, unable to move. (5)

22: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

24: Almost all I have is lousy (5)

25: Call unexpectedly, find Dad at home! (3,2)

26: Check strong drink of 22-acrosss bold alter ego (5,6)

27: Clean oneself, but in reverse (3)

29: Stateside bananas: most like a rock (9)

30: Man, what an avant-garde US artist! (3)

Down
1: What this puzzle is (3)

2: Ceremonial lamb turned about a revolving spit (9)

3: Carries small cup and helps out (7)

4: Apparent place in the tall grass (7)

5: Slimeball guards existence in French refuge (7)

6: Thirteenth in a series, ER's about an Aussie racketeer who took repeated slams? (7)

7: Game for drunkard (5)

8: Overcome by disappointment from the rare bonk going awry (11)

11: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

16: Hornblower found a strange dog hidden by a hill (9)

18: Treated badly, lost skin covering back (7)

19: Spot, I suggest, is fatty (7)

20: Herb gets into place for icy dessert (7)

21: A fool had peas cooked (7)

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

28: Sounds like a wolf on the coast (3)





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