Crossword for Wed, 15/Dec/2021

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Across
1: Small piece of fish (3)

3: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)

9: A bad back not yet eliminated (5)

10: Rows heard in vacation spots (5)

11: Feel sick from crack? (3)

12: Cover-up file conceals, ultimately, wrongdoing by one female (3,4)

13: Apparition in Hampton maze (7)

15: The Spanish derelict is too much for the church office holder (5)

17: Something to knock down in the alley for writer at home? Back at home? (7)

18: OJ rants about USC football players (7)

19: Centre of diamond is shrouded in fog (5)

20: These often go with crosses but they mean nothing really! (7)

21: Foolish fancy makes him race around (7)

25: In the manner of a girl (3)

26: Artist back on the issue of causing inflamation. (5)

28: Farewell from union leader after getting something straight (5)

29: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

30: Top card? Excellent! (3)
Down
1: Fairy tale character concealed in simulated war front (5)

2: Begin new life (5)

3: Write Dorothy's aunt into the motif (5)

4: Incomplete raw data lies in largely unexplored regions (4,7)

5: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)

6: Nasty sea bandit did not drink. (9)

7: Difficult situation with drug in back of pantihose (5,4)

8: Singer met excited troops (9)

13: Criticise a computer analysis of famous passage (6,5)

14: Companion to take care of worker (9)

15: Manipulated Cleo, queen with a silver tongue (9)

16: Prig had ma conceal midriff (9)

22: Denim -- a genuine clothing icon (5)

23: A little sister I called Heather (5)

24: Entertain cable channel hosting Total Recall (5)

27: How to eat the heart of marsupial (3)




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