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One Down – The Crossword, solved

ACROSS

1 Old Spanish coin from Madrid? (4)

3 Comic show according to Milne perhaps is after Oscar - rub it in (5,5)

10 Intimate meetings after first and second kinds of film, maybe? (5,10)

11 Supply model showing exceptional poise with time (9)

12 Corpse buried in forest, if found, is unlucky for Australian (5)

13 Eye-protection for saint going to hell (6)

14 Don't change boy's hat (7)

17 Insist on police following the letter ... (7)

20 ... Barking inmates housed in this kind of cell? (6)

23 Runs drug boxed with explosive at the river (5)

25 Plant entraps criminal Mafia leader, resulting in untidy fight (9)

26 What 27 appears on collapses for use in the search for 10, perhaps? (5,10)

27 Programme that created such a moan and row when it moved without our consent initially (6,4)

28 Make English mustard-like filling (4)

DOWN

1 Uproar created by extortion at tennis club maybe? (6)

2 Get rid of offensive term for native with gusto - not again (7)

4 Little fingers might be invisible, say, when put in pastries (7)

5 Kicks off afresh, raising cynical expression about operator (7)

6 Holds together difficult situations (5)

7 Sea and fire confused graceful little people (7)

8 When the leader drops to fifth, fans are one way of getting the message (8)

9 Keep getting in the bitter I see (8)

15 Local diseases finish off mice before starting to spread (8)

16 Deserted airport without hotel may be penultimate destination? (5,3)

18 Fed more hash with impunity (7)

19 Little Elizabeth from Scotland is golfer's favourite height (7)

20 Average location, mostly, for arriviste (7)

21 Model who's slimmed down somewhat? (7)

22 Wrestling hold is murder no less: second missing nightclub chief (6)

24 Prickly old character (5)

Follow all of the clues in One Down.

Crossword compiled by MASH.