Crossword for Sat, 14/Oct/2023

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Across
1: sliced again with cuter swing (5)

4: China to convert to a biblical place. (7)

8: Lines upset Frasier's brother (5)

9: Folding love tackle, one following morning. (7)

11: One's in a band on the way up (7)

12: Have I the power to appear friendly? (7)

13: 15-acrosss toilet pot? Rubbish! (5,6)

15: Begins seeing another divorcee? Deplorable. (3)

16: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

17: Don't encourage satellite pace to slacken. (11)

20: Witty remark, for example, about constant batterer (7)

21: Essential record for principal speaker (7)

22: Sexy stockings cast hens into fit (7)

23: Prepare canvas with a colour like red, blue or yellow? (5)

24: Interrupted by yells of pain, Dr. Edward napped (7)

25: Left a port near Dubrovnik (5)
Down
1: In service? Fire rifle (7)

2: Illness I catch performing exercises? (13)

3: Declare exam if I am reported (7)

4: Getting old drink in silver container (5)

5: Couple gain control of schooner, for example (3-6)

6: British actor in Rocky VII role (7)

7: It's over, over, over, kept apart by past payment (7)

10: Like a high ranking diplomat's awful ambrosia salad (13)

14: Hints from close friends (9)

16: Bound her, as subject, to a government official (7)

17: One copy of Duran Duran, last in Mexican town (7)

18: Half-finished meal precedes my look back at sacred mountain (7)

19: Mount seen the day before the others (7)

21: I hear you require a massage. (5)




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