Crossword for Sat, 23/Dec/2023

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Across
1: Managed in lower Antwerp (3)

3: Scrimmage as Confederate general introduces himself to Tarzan? (5)

6: Sixpence for big cheese? (1.1.1.)

7: King John's last to find out (5)

8: Drink is flowing, by the sound of it, where Magna Carta was signed (9)

11: Its strange to go back to a novice for a wall decoration (5)

12: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

13: Vapour trapped in paste amethyst (5)

14: Grant loud colour (3)
Down
1: Pet name for pirate ship (5)

2: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)

3: A language one may read about (9)

4: Don't take time out (5)

5: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)

9: Scandinavian boatmen or sea-faring characters (5)

10: Weird eastern lake (5)

11: Reportedly is nostalgic for wife (3)

12: What's left when you burn the tree (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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E
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E
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O
E
A
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O
N
R
A
E
L
P
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V
V
A
E
E
D
E
M
Y
N
N
U
R
E
A
O
R
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A
L
A
R
U
M
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S
A
S
R
E
U
H
M
A
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T
S