Crossword for Fri, 15/Feb/2013

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Across
2: Beat it and ran, for example, with Girl Scout ingredients (9,4)

8: Officer is bit of a nut, they say (7)

9: Inspects quantities of beer (5)

11: Sinatra improved, becoming a master of his craft (7)

12: Property agent for existing rocky peak (7)

14: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

16: Tidy up and clean floor finally and decisively (4,3,3,3)

18: Straightening up, lost dignity (7)

19: Plastic trade is more dignified (7)

21: Is South about to evacuate? Just the opposite! (5)

22: Usually regret about loss follows start of stint in AA (2,1,4)

23: Uncouth chaps met Engel under stress. (4,9)
Down
1: He explored star (7,6)

2: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

3: Tears as leading character in romance dies (5)

4: Gibson working for shareholders' profit (5)

5: Cut material had value (9)

6: Praised moving anguish (7)

7: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

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

13: Drunkard turns up near beach, reversing new habit, to sleep fitfully (4,3,4)

15: Love sounded wrong for aunt and primate (5-4)

17: Criticism of Conservative thrashing (7)

19: 18-across Buyers should check this run around shops (5,5)

20: Warning! The French return to take up weapons.(5)

21: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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