The Cryptic

ACROSS

1. Labor rejected gas proposal (4)

3. You are in Japanese cars in the country (8)

9. Furniture carried by chariot to mansion (8)

10. City multiplyin’ by two, we hear (6)

11. redefined puzzle after

12. Fungus shape (5)

13. Innocent ball seems naughty (9)

15. Heads to dentist’s office, getting surgery to canines (4)

16. Then fish trap caught ray (4)

18. Make a mess from squeamish and lethargic guts (9)

21. Employer greeting Republican with hesitation (5)

22. Dominant male has gamble on tech company (8)

24. Relax when French No. 1 gets victory over fourth seed (6)

26. According to Spooner, Abbott bleached hairstyle (8)

27. Vote for Reagan in tiny matter? (8)

28. Generous young millionaire soon opens training facilities (4)

DOWN

1. Peanut butter contains alternative flavour enhancer (7)

2. Love to make an entrance, say (5)

4. Notice body odour rising with tennis shot (7)

5. deleted all dystopian headlines (3)

6. Rallied about certain editor (9)

7. Bone excavation party (7)

8. Imaginative person made dreary novel (10)

12. Cheese in granny’s vehicle torn open (10)

14. A free lift, perhaps, to heaven (9)

17. Losing sides deny chances to improve (7)

19. Type of soap with fake phosphorus bubbles (7)

20. Opponents of highway going in five directions (7)

23. Nervous leader left pants on military base (5)

25. Period hairstyle with rat’s tail (3)

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