Crossword for Sat, 30/Dec/2023

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Across
1: A number going to church for fish (5)

4: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

6: Lug worm finally being a symbol (5)

7: I shall be sick! (3)

8: This is truncated, or the end's off (9)

10: The time before the first woman (3)

11: In Howard's End - one has a passage here from Forster (5)

14: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

15: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

Down
1: Worthless even when recycled (3)

2: Fool to join recital (3)

3: Poor man's right to make powerless (9)

4: Neil Armstrong, first to return from another world? (5)

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

8: Casts off shacks (5)

9: Adore inconstant nymph (5)

12: Period email feature (3)

13: Freshen the atmosphere (3)





Solution (Reversed)
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