Crossword for Fri, 12/Feb/2021

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Across
1: The rope got twisted by a shrub (3-4)

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

8: Tide, for example, has to stop fellow (9)

9: Trains without commanding officer and suffers (5)

11: Unfortunate rot in republic is everlasting (13)

13: Menzies-Carr alliance keeps eye on silly timers (3-3,7)

16: How a diver might marry (4,3,6)

19: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

22: Its difficult to include the overhead in the cache (5)

23: Head off switchboard operator's request for rental (9)

25: Class was first to be aroused (7)

26: She's lap dancing - that's unfortunate (7)
Down
2: Favorite obsession, love touching undergarment (9)

3: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

4: One might be uplifted if a cockney spoke of arts such as opera. (7)

5: Hand down entangled net with water damage (7)

6: Explosion is bomb's first and last (5)

7: Boxer Max returned, holding heroin, for treatment (5)

8: Ever-practical, Mr. Vader keeps own little piggy (4-2-5)

10: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)

12: Bishop has support from this criminal (5)

14: Evenly divide hot chopped veal (5)

15: Perhaps the sound of the beach is really rock? (9)

17: Write to Dee about American the French roughed up (7)

18: With Pat, I persevere, biting back final words? (7)

20: Make southpaw north (5)

21: Sing gist of laudatory ode loudly (5)

24: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)




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