Crossword for Thu, 10/Oct/2019

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Across
2: Thinks about frolicking like she's a sitcom actress (6,7)

7: Cull out from top ten (3)

8: Bar mail of unadorned capital (5,6)

9: Calls for lemon and mustard, losing zero weight (5)

10: Relative takes funny pose on glass bridge? (9)

12: Discover merit after first lesson (5)

13: City flat is swamped by sweets, almost (9)

15: Surer rate confused Washington money maker (9)

16: Drive a head (5)

17: Asked for quote in 3-D (9)

20: An inadequate food? (5)

22: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

23: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)

24: Nick shouts - and theres trouble brewing! (3,5,2,3)
Down
1: Literary device may be fey? (5)

2: Cantankerous old woman giving out big chops. (6-3)

3: Familiar King, now reign at its end (5)

4: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

5: Flower inducing forgetfulness in vaudeville theater (5)

6: Giving up silly run, Reds tack on a couple of errors (9)

8: Shifting financial fortunes cause industry revolution (8,5)

11: Herd one of the cattle? (5)

12: Result of sleeping in currently fashionable paintings (4,5)

13: Edible root on grapevine equals 200 milligrams (5)

14: Always heading off without getting paid (9)

18: It's big where some Ambassadors are at? (5)

19: Subdue aunt, chasing Chief of Detectives (5)

21: Deity coming up with master creed (5)




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