Crossword for Fri, 1/Dec/2023

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Across
2: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)

8: Sailor takes gym class to slim down (5)

9: Tom Sharpe source of imagery (9)

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

11: Motor oil in garage contains disturbing sediment (7)

12: Check strong drink of 22-acrosss bold alter ego (5,6)

15: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

16: Pass mould (3)

17: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

19: Atom bombs to begin spewing ketchup ingredients (7)

21: Believes in harnessing hydrogen for sources of propulsion (7)

23: Tending in Southern California to fight straw man? (9)

24: Abstract art is just one step.(5)

25: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)
Down
1: It's news broadcast for a seer (7)

2: Persistently ask for one silly prom song (9)

3: Speak about public relations riddle (5)

4: Flat fish and fruit alone (5,4)

5: Tarka beheads scoundrel (5)

6: Space left by dry loch (9)

7: Pair of witnesses' mostly smooth transfer may end with Tony Soprano, possibly (7)

13: Shout the chaps to initial therapy.(9)

14: Building for owl and treble changes? (4,5)

15: Trim waist in figure (9)

16: Loathes key English exams (7)

18: Stapling a strict clump of stomach (7)

20: Father Brown's latest femme fatale (5)

22: Moulding material to be included in upcoming miniseries (5)




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