Crossword for Wed, 14/Jun/2023

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Across
1: If forced, see idle TV broadcast (9)

4: Small area of land for unchanging Chinese (5)

7: Fullness from meal I'd put out (9)

10: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

11: A simpleton, folksy Ugandan leader is followed by an Occupational Therapist (5)

12: Heels were repaired in another place (9)

14: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

15: Barmaid slipped, leading to a spectacular disaster. (6, 7)

19: Get your paper here! Amphibious creature seizes steamship; a number dead (9)

20: Entertain one of nine daughters of Mnemosyne (5)

21: Arcking shot from Bill O'Brien (3)

23: Supply weapons to a fool? No! Its a South American mammal (9)

24: I sent out a little map (5)

25: Pub undoes gross implications (9)

Down
1: Pitching ideas to yes men (7)

2: Learner said it was a huge green monster cooked in gravy. (7)

3: Sir Reed shot an American novelist (7)

4: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

5: 3-down said Sir, I have these! (5,4,4)

6: Nag male, starting with pain in the neck (7)

8: Charles talked about pictures of sea creatures (6,2,5)

9: Unwelcome visitors oddly unstirred (9)

13: Resist having platform (9)

15: Indonesian island embracing English language (7)

16: Ruin Aga; ruin Paraguay Indian (7)

17: Stomach is disturbed, bad sign (7)

18: Coolest sort of cats (7)

22: The end, you say? On the contrary! (3)





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