Crossword for Thu, 30/Sep/2021

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Across
1: Pair are only a short distance from the dance (3-4)

5: Theme eradicated partly by an eastern ruler (5)

7: Fool to join recital (3)

8: Maid Marian - half American (9)

9: Man, what an avant-garde US artist! (3)

10: Comic Viking bombs fish (5)

12: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)
Down
1: Draw the knot (3)

2: Starshine somehow loses its shine (9)

3: Piano finale not determined (7)

4: Language making a comeback in modern Italy (5)

6: Before much time has elapsed a nobleman takes that over there (5,2)

8: Five Gaelic poems (5)

11: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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