Across
| 1 | Good escorts? Well, well! (7) |
| 5 | St. Louis originally packages raw pastry (7) |
| 9 | Ran quickly, grabbing a flightless bird's pointed extremity (9) |
| 10 | Depicted red in sunrise (5) |
| 11 | Change, halter top removed (5) |
| 12 | Couples around university, a great number, act pretentiously (3,2,4) |
| 13 | Boost hot goalie's position (8) |
| 15 | Was Theodore drunk? (6) |
| 18 | Break family's protective cover? (6) |
| 20 | Stamps out alcoholic drinks (8) |
| 23 | Barge has landed; it can't be criticized (6,3) |
| 24 | Tossed back impressive drink (5) |
| 25 | Get rid of oxygen in iron oxide (5) |
| 26 | Delayed comeback from the side (9) |
| 27 | Greek characters starting to kid sailor returning with aquatic rodent (7) |
| 28 | Feature of genre, or derivative sort (7) |
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Down
| 1 | Early development of garage emptied depot (9) |
| 2 | Pickets upset Thomas, perhaps? (7) |
| 3 | Unruly child getting time out for wrongdoing (5) |
| 4 | Sibling hugs Uriah; he's initially somewhat embarrassed (8) |
| 5 | Fully satisfy, keeping editor calm (6) |
| 6 | Laid off in England, and in Germany bitten by colorful insect (9) |
| 7 | Frank, for one, is beginning to tire following repulsed attack (7) |
| 8 | Golf course cat described (5) |
| 14 | Focal point of classic key (9) |
| 16 | Actor Donahue boards...almost all abandon ship (9) |
| 17 | Reportedly, I hit the woman with cold liquid (3,5) |
| 19 | Youngsters admitting expression of disgust for trucks (7) |
| 21 | General ran after old lady and bargained (7) |
| 22 | Shape, in a way, short track wrapping record (6) |
| 23 | Leave small stuff (5) |
| 24 | Long ship captained by Jason is slow (5) |
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