Crossword for Fri, 1/May/2020

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Across
1: Call girl sting nabs head of Moral Majority (5)

3: Slippery deck spots are on either side (9)

8: Very loud intrusion spoiled its cross words (5)

10: Group of lawyers is attending sports events, so we hear (9)

11: Has beach porno upset those repulsed by Web developers? (13)

12: Yes, MBAs worked with a diplomatic staff (7)

13: Natural talent in opening measures of Franz Liszt melody (5)

16: Interprets, for the audience, the woodwinds (5)

17: Hand dog (7)

19: Cheaper oil, gas distributed in Island chains (13)

22: Sarcastic critic, alas drunk, missing bit of comedy (9)

23: Perfect conviction ends trial (5)

24: Leda overtaken by frenzied satyr -- perhaps debauched? (3,6)

25: State charted illegal payments (5)
Down
1: Extremely tense many times about a private conversation (4-1-4)

2: Reverend Spooner's congregants join together in fast (9)

3: Alternative to a wig mentioned in public speaking. (7)

4: Small area of land for unchanging Chinese (5)

5: Fancy brush? (5)

6: Valuable discovery certain in luxury travel (8,5)

7: Sigh audibly about fool giving lip (5)

9: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

14: Providing energy for cuckoo pairing up (9)

15: Endless greeting after wine and cheese (4-5)

17: Jimmy hugs otherwise retiring rock 'n' roll legend (7)

18: As in 'Lee goes back to the drawing board' (5)

20: Wags components of 22-across (5)

21: Provoke popular scoundrel. (5)




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