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Across
1 The outcome of such erosion is plain (9)
6 Scouts’ parade (5) FLOAT
9 Equally determined to secure an item of value (5) ASSET
10 A tear in a printed sheet indicates extraction (9)
11 A solitary crustacean (6,4) HERMIT CRAB
12 Distraught seer giving tongue (4)
14 Injured GI and rest of patients given required treatments (7)
15 Made indirect reference to everybody about dude (7) ALLUDED
17 Materials used as inner surface to garments (7)
19 Less expensive (7) CHEAPER
20 Has snow settled? (4) OWNS
22 With no top man, male stress may result (10)
25 A manufacturer of spirit, yet in dire trouble (9)
26 Issues of Japanese immigrants found in U.S. quarter (5) ISSEI
27 To place players on stage for greater visibility is to err foolishly (5) RETRO
28 Stripped down? Anything but! (7-2) DRESSED UP
Down
1 Chap directed to be informer of a beautiful girl (5)
2 The allegation made in a store’s found to be false (9) ASSERTION
3 Contracting for the production of a string net (10) ASTRINGENT
4 There’s great pressure on the little pest before the lawsuit (7) IMPACTS?
5 Blissful state where Ivan ran wild (7) NIRVANA
6 A taste for seaweed (4)
7 Delighted to be broadcasting (2,3) ON AIR
8 He may tend to ape soldier to give a false appearance (9)
13 Plans to make nasty pictures (10) BLUEMOVIES
14 Elevated rank that’s difficult to   achieve (4,5) HIGH ORDER
16 Weighed down with iron indeed? (9) DEPRESSED
18 On the way, Ted got everybody in and blocked the road (7)
19 Tie around core group having   common interest (7) COTERIE
21 Detects a direction among those   voting against (5)
23 Skip around maiden barely giving her attention (5) SKIMP
24 One does not expect to hear the   truth from him (4) TYRO