Crossword No 5 (fifth series)

         
           
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11              12             
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14      15          16        17   
             
18            19               
       
20  21        22    23      24       
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26                    27       
             
28                       
Clues across
1Tie knots in silks – go along to find something to show how you appear (7-5)
9Shape of zero value (4)
10Exercise making anew (10)
11In favour of trial – or a demonstration of antipathy? (7)
12Got moving to mix colour (7)
14Hot women dancing around in birthplace (4-4)
16Make known – but not if youth is concealing it (6)
18Free from danger when this is secure, but shaking (6)
19Vain noise without end could be seen as encroachment (8)
20Young male servant running round chimney in Scotland for feathers (7)
23Urge to add trophies for breakfast-table (7)
26Situation before marriage is a military action! (10)
27Wine used in tasting competition (4)
28Gets a nitride to fall apart (12)
Clues down
2Bird held in crumpled towel (5)
3Broken set (broken, indeed!) forming an edge (9)
4Pleasant northern skating-rink (4)
5Welcome – and weep for Scot (5)
6Irish tart suffering – from this painful ailment? (9)
7Noise from nose – right? (5)
8Too much medication could make dove sore (8)
13I can’t dance or caper (5)
15Surround two points with device which shows in which direction they lie (9)
16Henry, say, or a gadget on your dashboard (9)
17Hat of pot?  Smash it and walk on it! (8)
21Like an old face or a notebook (5)
22Almost renege, getting confused – immature? (5)
24Skill used at sea (5)
25A pond – nothing more (4)

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