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Puzzle No 1013 Clues across

1. I am tested in error and judged (9) 6. Commanding officer with some French writes computer programs (5) 9. A knife left in strange places … (7) 10. … till making dough with batter (4,3) 11. Farmer has to maintain bridge player in ale (9) 12. Desire to return when about a hundred for a time (5) 13. Peacekeepers with iron and diamonds for the starving (5) 15. Grandiose new scheme ordered (9) 18. Frogman chap is developing differently (9) 20. Subject has head I see in a spell (5) 22. Presenter gives an academic gold (5) 23. A display of a fencer’s skill with singular puns and repartee (9) 25. Come out with great social status in tee off (7) 26. Controversialist is badly berated (7) 27. Grounds for medicos going outside for instance (5) 28. The slightly swollen appearance of a northern seabird, female? (9)

Clues down

1. Silly and obtuse, heading perhaps from New Plymouth to Gisborne (9) 2. A little brewer’s supply, bluish green with emerald, auburn and fawn heads (3,4) 3. The head of police goes in to sex tree (5) 4. Call then elope sneakily (9) 5. Firm in red turned around providing layout and furnishings (5) 6. Eccentric aunt chews an edible seed (6,3) 7. Shark victims sorted out clutching top of buoy (7) 8. This mess when about ten revealed the final form achieved by schoolboys (5) 14. Sordid art creatively shows highways in the back blocks (4,5) 16. Make a grab for the gold somehow, right away (3,4,2) 17. The wharves can make dads cry OK (9) 19. The 1999 Hawkes Bay Cabernet perhaps given at random (7) 21. The range of colours allowed in foie gras (7) 22. An apprehension of being late about the end of October (5) 23. Turn the seating over and put in energy to clean the floor (5) 24. Give a nickname to first class Persian Gulf port (5)