Crossword for Thu, 15/Dec/2022

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Across
1: Hurt a wagtail the day before cracking crossword (9)

4: Hook Id display in religious showdown (5)

6: Pervert stripped in mineral water (5)

8: Romero races around (5)

10: Its a firm, small lettuce (3)

11: Tunes aware of dirigible (7)

12: Declare exam if I am reported (7)

13: Deplorable! Sad wife ugly every second (5)

14: Chided after empty Russian plane left the country (9)

16: Article about reckless flogging (9)

17: Lawyer grabs butt in play (5)

18: Franklin eagerly grabs stock (7)

19: Medicine was our connection, we hear (7)

20: Anger that is constraining response (3)

21: Put a new value on what secret agent is hiding (5)

22: Excellent bowls for cooking furry critters (5)

24: Icy turning, for example, on top (5)

25: Having one's feet opposed, as in Australia. (9)
Down
1: Number One in facetiousness (3)

2: Location of cheating, fiercer gender (4,9)

3: National official is here, carrying identification, after challenge overwhelms local center (4-9)

4: Prejudice runs wild in a legal system (13)

5: Gloomy semi-dull firmament (5)

7: Free for all by lack of padlocked freight compartments (2,5,6)

9: Scenery has to get down by starting 12-across (7,6)

10: Actor works on two dialects (5,8)

11: A carriage returned in pieces (5)

15: Plays without a wee measure of drinks (5)

18: Racing off without first resting (5)

23: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)




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