Crossword for Wed, 14/Mar/2018

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Across
1: Maintenance with Jones family perhaps (7,2)

5: Doctor about to operate reflected carefully (5)

9: Bug found in examination and in a full going-over (10,3)

11: Artists workshop E. Lear bowled over with it (7)

12: A month's work for a denizen of the deep (7)

13: Actress Katherine, busybody, stifles nasty burp (7)

15: Encircle waffle (5)

17: Pointless drinks in disarray can lead to daggers. (5)

18: Mortified humans - fifty per cent felt great pity (7)

19: Round LA complex having meeting points? (7)

21: Sort of aircraft axe? (7)

23: Fine legs confused emotions (5,8)

24: Bouquets of flowers, freshly opened (5)

25: Deviant fellow following Esther Williams at times (9)
Down
2: Top class English under rising roof cover (5)

3: Impugn guest in R.I. for clandestine affairs (9)

4: Logical oil Polish chap applied (13)

5: Calculated average time (5)

6: Play down awkward date's flop (4-5)

7: Learned men are full of hesitation, since they are often beaten.(5)

8: Drunk Kennedy concealing skin condition (7)

10: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

14: They're hard to reconcile, Turkey Day displays featuring beef (9)

15: Let loose on mower, he's the lord of the manor (9)

16: Old communist uprising described in distorted yell (7)

19: It might reside in monument! (5)

20: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)

22: Its out-of-date to need a permit for the course (5)




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