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Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Mother leaves the South Island perhaps to get this type of revenue (6)

5 Start to smack the knees. Darn, it’s sloppy (8)

9 Argued an All Black captain took in the boy eagerly at first (8)

10 Don’t start skiting it’s an Olympic sport (6)

11 Boss’s loose women get advantages (10)

12 It’s out to swoon and it’s up to reject (4)

13 The hut the third man is holding is exchanged for money(6,2)

16 Altered the dosage for a sailor (3,3)

17 I am after a private room for the material (5)

19 The shortened women’s undergarment is more brazen (8)

21 Even characters in the subtreasury have vehicles (4) 22 The sailor could drive a nail as it’s a pneumatic drill (10) 25 Groans about the instruments (6)

26 Burdened with the journalist after timber (8)

27 Observant, but spoke hesitantly about the NZ Prime Minister (4-4)

28 To abstain from 500 unusual sites (6)

DOWN

2 Family girl from Venice, distressed missing the start of the vacation (5)

3 The ambassador concealed a Middle East leader (5)

4 Indicated it’s not in the document (7)

5 Tragic, the club is used to smooth things out (3-4)

6 Apprehends Bond’s boss leaving parts of the chair (7)

7 Makes light of sad dramas (9)

8 Sedimentary rock that smooths the pitch (9)

14 Music halls where Ian briefly follows the person reviewing the books (9)

15 Shows reluctance, but suspends the rugby player (5,4) 18 A British Prime Minister embraced the joke with dignity (7)

19 Crumpled under pressure when the dollar went first (7)

20 Embarrassed with some of the Morasha media (7)

23 Comes across game and chicken by the sound of it (5) 24 Sheep are around the right jugs (5)

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