Crossword for Tue, 1/Dec/2020

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Across
2: Unfortunate rot in republic is everlasting (13)

7: Bugler to stand playing in fields of war (13)

11: Employs as token members (5,2)

13: Bundy under English seabird thats forever! (7)

14: Green-light southern Indian chief (2-5)

15: Hates and gets rid of a Mensa entry requirement? (7)

16: Tar mess contaminated rivers (7)

18: Beetles, for example, being produced by modern factions (7)

20: Guess I'm gettin' old and wise at last (7)

21: Briefly viewed bigot's heart, opened like a boil (7)

23: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

25: Dry vegetarian, about to like this puzzle, perhaps? (6, 7)

Down
1: Alternative part of course (5)

3: Fix the oil platform ... (3)

4: Decades established as most uptight (7)

5: Shifting financial fortunes cause industry revolution (8,5)

6: Strangely, some limbs suffer from blood clots. (9)

8: Stop fooling around with her at tea break (4,1,8)

9: Wool is leading stocking fabric (5)

10: Stretching to far, covering(missing the front)holds down nothing 9)

12: No government lawyer's thrilled to display being agreeable (3,6)

14: Leave Carol, with little taste, spreading rumors (9)

17: Encourage one couple after first couple answer (7)

19: Small crewmen back rockets (5)

22: Dance form: one circle next to another (5)

24: Wander around inside territory (3)





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