Crossword for Fri, 22/Sep/2023

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Across
1: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

3: Introduction to book by mere poet (5)

6: Cooped up in Essex: pelicans, it would turn out (5)

7: A representative may be a scamp (3)

8: Al's gamble on outcome of sports (4,5)

10: Take Chair in university (3)

11: Subject to constant cold (5)

14: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)

15: Pen extracts articles from satay (3)

Down
1: Hear Native American appeal (3)

2: Chatter about some pay-back (3)

3: Greenback entrances Microsoft boss (4,5)

4: Taxi omitted going around gnome (5)

5: Fairs with examples of sex positions (5)

8: Twice French mounted plain bovines (5)

9: Flower inducing forgetfulness in vaudeville theater (5)

12: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

13: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)





Solution (Reversed)
E
K
A
L
B
Y
T
S
X
X
I
A
U
P
M
I
L
E
P
X
E
O
O
L
S
E
M
A
G
L
L
A
B
A
E
I
C
I
P
O
T
T
I
S
R
J
E
H
O
Y
T
S
S
D
E
E
N