Crossword for Sat, 19/Dec/2020

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Across
1: First Fleet diarist-cum-swimmer (5)

4: Property initially in annuity settlement survived estate tax (5)

7: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)

9: Taverns quoted cool clique (3)

10: Enticements disrupt mental rules (11)

11: Irregular bouts of activity suit beach scrubbers (4,3,6)

13: Mum gets customers some guns (7)

14: Italian dessert: Spelling eats a huge amount, Braxton eats a scrap (7)

18: That woman has articles put in case (7)

19: A revolutionary kind of tire contains a bit of carbide (7)

20: Modernise rear, in the opinion of escort (5,2,2,4)

24: Okay shot ripped tears in butt (6-5)

26: Start reducing salt? (3)

27: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

28: Irene's new name (5)

29: Crate shaken a bit (5)

Down
1: Threefold test (5)

2: Instrument making snout feel odd (4,5)

3: Halest hesitater is lost (9)

4: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

5: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

6: Attract fill-in worker by end of August (5)

7: Norse gentleman? Not exactly. (5)

8: Blasts most of eucalypt stumps (5)

12: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

13: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

15: Lada, for example, gets favourite treatment for VIPs (3,6)

16: Horse cart relocates minstrel troupe (9)

17: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

20: Romantic poet is close to Reagan (5)

21: One hundred-odd bits of bombs in some projectiles initially (5)

22: De Bergerac hugged bird on return (5)

23: Short time for the Irish (5)

25: Sounds like a bright child (3).





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