Crossword for Wed, 5/Apr/2023

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Across
1: Top card? Excellent! (3)

3: One with no trust in decency, niceness, etc. (5)

5: Sort of plain fur! (5)

6: Cook small fish. (3)

7: See one store walled by brick, mostly (9)

9: Concealed hot part of psyche (3)

10: Flare for clean-up time (5)

11: The color of a letter from Greece with purple edges (5)

12: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)

Down
1: Unprepared, a little gerbil darted the wrong way (2-3)

2: What models do when embraced by former Democrat leader - all is revealed (7)

3: Ten Canoes galled Chinese (9)

4: Call initially communicates real yearning (3)

6: Recipe including bull's heart is first class (7)

8: More appealing to snub royalty? (5)

9: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)





Solution (Reversed)
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