Crossword for Sun, 25/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

3: Approve a constant beast (5)

6: Just conservative (5)

7: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

8: Making Athenian weaver drink an informal toast (7,2)

11: Capture perfect score in review (3)

13: Run around near a stadium (5)

14: Principal on top of leafy tree (5)

15: Fish spawn upstream in little orifices (3)

Down
1: Fancy brush? (5)

2: Drunk held firmly (5)

3: Healer making solemn statement about upcoming writers (9)

4: Ripen mangoes evenly (3)

5: I shall be sick! (3)

9: Navigate by terse directions (5)

10: It flies out of Nepal! (5)

11: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

12: Startled, grabs sailor (3)





Solution (Reversed)
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K
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B
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N
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