Crossword for Tue, 12/Dec/2017

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Across
1: Old hippie to attend reunion of kin (7)

5: Woody is to eviscerate Human Resources, that is (7)

8: Weapons in a womans speech (11)

9: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

11: Dance to old home recording (3 4)

14: Measure drinking area and leave order of prohibition (7)

15: Dirt caught in footwear (7)

17: ...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)

18: Former spouse was a model, it's revealed (7)

20: How to support a ready reservist (5-2)

23: Box put on line for bird (7)

24: Turn over in outskirts of Sydney 2000 is a sign (7)

26: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

27: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

30: Prattle about nothing, meaning spear (7)

31: Drunk rises, holding tubular headgear (3,4)
Down
1: Big apes with degree benefits (7)

2: Only one mortgage reported (5)

3: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

4: Famous gardens said to move one to speak. (3)

5: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

6: International accord for Rev. Spooner's award for a top sunbather? (4,3)

7: Put another way, perhaps, clarinet overwhelming harps, somehow (9)

10: Vigorous beer (5)

12: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

13: Boob implant cups: sad hoax in line with 15-down (8,3)

16: Who applies pitch to a snake-rope? (9)

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

19: Hot, current--'Gent' by Coco? Refreshing! (7)

21: Direct object (3)

22: Complains to Sammy re cast (7)

25: Pacific spot found in Paddington garages! (5)

28: Cull out from top ten (3)

29: Lifeblood of dope (3)




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