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  1. ACROSS
    1. Rapper Chuck mixed up with crazy Satanic = D mixed up with ANTACIS = ANTACIDS = elixirs (Chuck D is the singer of the classic hip hop band, Public Enemy)
    5. Modern prolixity cut by just over half = AD VERBOSITY cut by just over half = ADVERB = definitely an example
    10. One less painter = one less TITIAN = TITAN = god
    11. has do preparations between fights = ADSHO between ROWS = ROADSHOWS = more than one mobile exhibit
    12. bastard heard standing over a limitless number = PRICK heard standing over A PI = PRIC standing over A PI = PRIAPIC = overly masculine
    13. Third part-providential, peremptory refusal out of order = TIAL NUP out of order = NUPTIAL = during mating season
    15. inebriated Roos captain skewered amusing Bob = OROS C skewered HOPE = HOROSCOPE = star moment
    16. Inappropriate any which way you look at it = NOT ON (a palindrome)
    17. Right = TITLE = championship (5)
    19. Without top-grade rams, llamas munched on = without A SMALLARMSA = SMALL ARMS = magnums and suchlike
    21. computer industry aphorisms drop by two thirds — record first = IT APH EP first = EPITAPH = grave words
    22. revolutionaries, no = CHE CHE N = separatist
    24. See within intellectual belief in God = SPOT within DEISM = DESPOTISM = stern rule
    26. gets to the core of kill Jim made = IL I AD = ILIAD = old war account
    27. to reverse fatherhood = DE SIRE = DESIRE = want
    28. approximately first two articles in Bern = SAY first UN DER = UNDERSAY = contradict (French and German are spoken in Bern, Switzerland)

    DOWN
    1. territory north = ACT UP = rebel
    2. Well-aged king fit IT mess around boring, routine = TUT TIFTI around RUT = TUTTI FRUTTI = flavour
    3. bag copies = CAN APES = CANAPES = starters
    4. Riot scared rich, disturbing = DIRECTORS CHAIR = the source of cinematic power
    6. Springfield short to criticise = DUSTY short PAN = DUSTPAN = cleaner
    7. from weed to wed = E GO = EGO = pride
    8. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 2000-2008 = BUSH LANDS = BUSHLANDS = outback sites
    9. who pays child support = MAINTENANCE MAN = fixer
    14. bury franchises = INTER CHAINS = INTERCHAINS = links
    15. hotelier, for example = HOT HEADED = HOTHEADED = impetuous
    18. Drug war essentially sours = E NAM OUR = ENAMOUR = charm
    20. Originally from NSW, quick group = LEE SIDE = the shady end
    23. not even in the US somewhere = ODD in NY = NODDY = jack
    25. Middling passion fruit paste = S U S = SUS = dodgy

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