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Times 26866 - things that go 1 across in the night

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Solving time : 11:42 for an interesting crossword. There's a few obscurities here, though I think everything is accessible from the wordplay, though one long anagram may not come readily. Several hyphenated answers and a grid with the shortest answer being five letters may send solvers scrambling for a starting point.

I will admit to a little biffing, particularly with the hyphenated phrases where the enumeration was a giveaway.

Away we go...

Across
1BUMPTIOUS: BUM(ne'er do well) then an anagram of I,SPOUT
6BUCKS: double definition for US currency and an abbreviation for Buckinghamshire
9SATIN: didn't stand out, it SAT IN
10GLUTAMATE: A MATE(partner) after GLUT(excessive amount)
11BOOLEAN: BOON(gift) containing LEA(the field) for an field of algebra based on logical expressions
12PUNGENT: GENT(man) after PUN(a joke)
13BACK-SEAT DRIVER: anagram of CAR,AT,KERBSIDE containing (satna)V. I have a friend who is the worst back-seat driver ever, which is amusing, because between the two of us, it's me that has the clean license and intact car
17SUPERABUNDANCE: it's the SUNDANCE kid containing an anagram of BEAR,UP
21ANTHILL: AN, then (approac)H in TILL(work)
23CONTENT: double definition
25GLADSTONE: GLAD(pleased) and STONE(something solid)
26SUNNI: SUN(setter, since the sun sets) then IN(elected) reversed
27NUDGE: NUDE(exposed) with G inside
28DING-A-LING: GAL(girl) inside DINING(in a restaurant, perhaps)
 
Down
1BUSHBABY: H(hot) then A,B(bishop) reversed all inside BUSBY(furry hat)
2METRO: First letters of Mole's Evacuated Tunnel Running Off
3TENNESSEE: remove the R from TENNERS(cash), then SEE.
I'm about 40 miles from the border of Tennessee
4ORGANZA: ORGAN(newspaper), A(article) around Z(ionist)
5STUMPED: double definition, out referring to cricket
6BRAIN: BRA(personal support), IN(with it)
7CHAMELEON: we don't see a double container very often - it is ME(yours truly) in HALE(well) in CON(fraud)
8SHEATH: HEAT(high temperature) inside SH(shut up - be quiet)
14COURT CARD: COURT(go after), CARD(eccentric)
15INDONESIA: hidden in mIND ONE SIAm
16LEFT-WING: LEG(member) containing F, TWIN(counterpart)
18ALL TOLD: double definition
19UNCLEAN: UNCLE(relative) then (m)AN
20MARGIN: MAR(spoil), GIN(drink)
22ISSUE: SUE(girl) after IS(island) - definition is "young" as in children
24ENNUI: last letters in emiratE fuN iN abU dhabI

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