Crossword for Thu, 11/May/2023

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Across
1: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

4: Infringement due to instrument on tabletop precedes charge (9)

9: Swamp creature resting tail on a rocky outcrop (5)

10: Almost useless nags (7)

11: Where nurses work progressively (7)

13: 'The head of administration is in debt,' Ed argued (7)

14: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)

15: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

18: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)

21: In favor of echoing game call (3)

23: Indulgent Russian premier hosts English Tory's leader (7)

26: Before university, leap at rocky mesa (7)

27: Midwestern city lost its soul (2,5)

28: Frost over mid-January during epic exploit (3,2)

30: Pluto is cold and tired out; its a disgrace (9)

31: Interest in a revolutionary activist's broadcast (5)
Down
1: Record charge in this? (3, 4)

2: Worthless even when recycled (3)

3: Share chain of hills with pear tree percher? (9)

4: Wild game cooking in ovens (7)

5: Again Italian couple is late (7)

6: Unscripted part for head librarian (2,3)

7: I sent out a little map (5)

8: Do any letters appear after number 12? (7)

12: Mount Ahab, say (5)

16: Orders pirate to pass around the hat for every one (3,6)

17: A weapon as plunder (5)

18: Counted time on one's side (7)

19: Piece of tile in a solid floor (7)

20: Sort of collection to compose print (7)

22: With reference to above -- Phys. Ed. Department has renewed contract (7)

24: Caught carrying oregano's essence in inhalers (5)

25: Outspoken one-time Houston gridiron pro and mathematician (5)

29: About....about right? Wrong! (3)




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