Crossword for Sun, 16/Apr/2023

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Across
1: The man's a trite, worn-out waiter (9)

6: Land and take off: beginning of flight (5)

9: Help out my parched elephant, for example (9)

10: Rapidity with which heat's dissipated (5)

11: Draw the knot (3)

12: Fires possibly singe it (7)

14: Runner or dramatist in play (13)

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

19: Easily bent out of shape? So smile, silly (7)

20: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

22: Delete Times editorial first (5)

24: Flirt with redhead, landing one in the frying pan (9)

25: Calls for lemon and mustard, losing zero weight (5)

26: Classic Australian theatre patrons shocked in Dee Why (4,5)
Down
2: Support sign for subordinates (11)

3: Test limits of sexologist in assignation (5)

4: The control is over that way (7)

5: Stays concerned with water pipes (7)

6: Long Rhine sequence in Wagner's work (9)

7: Oxygen is pretty amusing. (3)

8: Valuable discovery certain in luxury travel (8,5)

9: Aunt Peg really messed up the cheap seats (6,7)

13: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

15: Training some smart little monkeys (9)

17: Swindled the coat off one's back (7)

18: Asian capital managed by board (7)

21: Hovel revamp ending depression (5)

23: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)




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