Crossword

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 1 A thousand see den broken estate (7)

 5 Fords mountains (7)

 9 Dawn star up (7)

10 Supervise Electronics Engineer chasing balls (7)

11 At war? So nearly hold fire (5)

12 Gabby kit a valet packed (9)

13 Make fate around a curtailed brick (9)

15 Casts off huts (5)

16 Up and about later (5)

18 Nitre tars unlocked handcuff? (9)

21 Danger of peel in unhappy sires (9)

24 Worries guitar stops (5)

25 Mineral sea. A tan mixture (7)

26 Shake a gate holding it (7)

27 Ukelele men talk about copper for example (7)

28 Bold, headless and deaf (7)