Crossword for Wed, 9/Aug/2023

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Across
2: Coral Sea, perhaps, without a fish (7)

5: Wants - in fact, just has to have (5)

6: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

8: Smuggler participating in arms race? (9)

10: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

11: Publication for children (5)

13: Hesper's fresh fields (7)
Down
1: The French inheritance given up by a former French colony (7)

2: The time before the first woman (3)

3: Tom Cruise playing an outfitter (9)

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

7: Tense, but otherwise flawless (7)

9: Lacking energy, no Tech win (5)

12: Call for help oddly stops (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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