Crossword for Sat, 25/Nov/2023

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Across
1: Alcohol and tobacco - they can get a grip on you, we hear (5)

3: Cull out from top ten (3)

5: Judges playing conkers? (7)

7: Sailor (not in performance) makes volte-face (5,4)

8: Nearly nail half of veterans for childishness (7)

10: Escalating naked conflict (3)

11: Instrument on top of tree or shrub (5)
Down
1: Vicar regularly outdated technology (1.1.1.)

2: Brief inclination to include likely candidates (5,4)

3: Sob wildly and preserve secret (7)

4: A humorous writer or two (5)

6: Backward Nevada city or city singer (7)

7: War or piecemeal missile (5)

9: Age of neo-catastrophe? (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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