Crossword for Sat, 28/Oct/2023

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Across
1: Time has corroded faithlessness (7)

5: Sound of river crossing (3)

7: Bolted up tiptop earthenware (5)

8: Bringing up the kids - Dad's paying for it (9)

9: Archipelagos concluded thus in Nigeria (5)

10: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)

12: Monster devouring head of old mounted soldier (7)
Down
1: Gorilla taking head off at it's base! (3)

2: A country, one said, in trouble (9)

3: Ordering a meal is causing uneasiness (7)

4: Put a new value on what secret agent is hiding (5)

6: Crazy, angered, mad, (7)

8: Patchy trim for lace top is velvety (5)

11: First get a French weapon. (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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E
A
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L
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D
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X
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A
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O
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E
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P
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G
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U
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D
D