Crossword for Thu, 10/Dec/2020

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Across
1: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

7: Various centres on Spanish drain (3)

9: Ms. Lane swallows last of lean cuts of meat (5)

10: Poplar is like a writer (5)

11: Escalating naked conflict (3)

12: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

13: Fool to join recital (3)

15: Crush rage created by the additional levy (9)

17: One hundred-odd bits of bombs in some projectiles initially (5)

18: Making out and squealing after the top comes off? (5)

19: Act upset over kindergarten's interruption of seaside dessert course (9)

22: He wrote a bit of poetry! (3)

24: Weapons to attack BS, involving way with words (11)

26: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

27: Discover merit after first lesson (5)

28: Waves like a toff (5)

29: Song is a gas (3)

30: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)
Down
1: A properly run lottery might be a complete success (1,5,5)

2: Clip of Southern Conservative is very revealing at first (7)

3: Arenas almost filling with the hooter (5)

4: Eastern oxcart confounds blackmailer (7)

5: Scamp learning to beg (7)

6: Looking back inside at Rik's inimitable revealing outfit (9)

7: Horse eating western mountain ash (5)

8: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

14: Mixed greens and teals, so dad's remodeled (6,5)

16: Intoxicated with dances and drinks (9)

19: Talked about an urban area in the NW (7)

20: Loud noise in vocal number (7)

21: Winning over the heart of quirky scatterbrain (7)

23: Coal remaining at the end of a month (5)

25: Component of landfill center announced (5)

26: Ends leisure on a field (3)




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