The Sunday Crossword No 3053, Sunday 23 Jun 2019

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ACROSS
1   Nation excited with charmer like Justin Trudeau (5,8) NORTH AMERICAN {NATION+CHARMER}* How is Justin Trudeay North American?Definition not understood
10 Umpteenth US evangelical stifles praise (7) ENTHUSE [T]
11 Local's stripped down to nothing in Spain, giving patriotic song (1,6) O CANADA {lOCAl}{NADA}

12 Illicitly loots workman's implements (5) TOOLS*
13 Time lag I suffered to overcome this? (3,5) AGE LIMIT* Semi&lit
15 Nervously hint at lawsuit, then (2,4,4) IN THAT CASE {HINT+AT}*{CASE}
16 Former prime minister – no leader – in retreat (4) LAIR bLAIR
18 Teas consumed? (4) EATS* [RA]
20 Deign to advance one letter, with organ enclosed in posting (10) DELIVERING {LIVER} in {DEI(-g)N(+g)G}
22 Mountain folk live among giants (8) TIBETANS {TI{BE}TANS}
24 American poet finds path around lake (5) PLATH {P{L}ATH}
26 Composer with some dross in Italian (7) ROSSINI [T]
27 To make up story about king, head of Númenor: this author did! (7) TOLKIEN {TO}{L{K}IE}{Nu...r} &lit
28 Rising sun soon heated coastal resort (8-2-3) SOUTHEND-ON-SEA*

DOWN
2   Declines surgery: pets only half sedated (4,3) OPTS OUT {OP}{peTS}{OUT}
3   72 hours or so ago, child born then has far to go (8) THURSDAY [DD] Everyman appears on Sunday 72 hours after Thursday

Monday's child is fair of face

Tuesday's child is full of grace

Wednesday's child is full of woe

Thursday's child has far to go,

Friday's child is loving and giving,

Saturday's child works hard for a living,

And the child that is born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

4   Does away with lines on a graph (4) AXES [DD]
5   Old, anguished, wretched: there's nothing to add (6,4) ENOUGH SAID {O+ANGUISHED}*
6   Criminal lawyer hides after considering everything (2,3) IN ALL [T]
7   In AA, I mean to raise condition (7) ANAEMIA {I+MEAN}<= in {AA}
8   Direction borders on conservative in Romeo and Juliet adaptation (4,4,5) WEST SIDE STORY {WEST}{SIDES}{TORY}
9   Pursuit in which diet is foiled? (6-3,4)  EASTER-EGG HUNT [CD]
14 Measure that monitors monitors? (6,4) SCREEN TIME [CD]
17 Zane's gutted, with chafed nipple in airship (8) ZEPPELIN {ZanE}{NIPPLE}*
19 A billion tacos cooked with this condiment? (7) TABASCO {A+B+TACOS}*
21 Suppose I'm a gin enthusiast primarily (7) IMAGINE {IM+A+GIN+En...t}
23 Playing whist, void of hearts, trump's opening: another card, please (5) TWIST {WhIST}*{Tr..p}
25 Suitor that's utterly desirable at first? (4) STUD Acrostic &lit

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