Crossword for Wed, 18/Oct/2023

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Across
1: Famous spy taking leave with odd instrument (5,4)

6: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)

8: Don't repeat lyrics (7)

10: Round LA complex having meeting points? (7)

11: Too bad about first of tests for strong man (5)

12: I'm populating a country with lots of life (9)

13: Excellent bowls for cooking furry critters (5)

14: Frolicking, pals-y team? (9)

15: Fur from hormone treatment I took - it's mortifying (4,5)

17: Altogether steep (5)

19: Wise bird is after Sunday clothes for part of a service (5,4)

20: Di returned to me in France: back for the turn of phrase. (5)

21: Hard to comprehend English version if scholars used Latin edition from the South initially (7)

22: Anticipate warning cry about bearing (7)

23: Scale Ten after taxes (3)

24: Small capturing big and strong (9)
Down
1: Pub brawl led to heavy gunfire. (7)

2: Aboard a ship is shipping magnate (7)

3: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

4: What incompetent repairman says to beggar? (9)

5: Mobster at heart, presently I'll be carrying expensive pistol on hip (7)

6: Then, one crisis ends after call is for healthy exercises (13)

7: Fumbles about and trips (7)

9: Taking ones cue from subsequent courtship (9,4)

14: Confounded Erin's pros and cons (9)

15: A former Middle-Eastern leader who is reasonable in discussion (7)

16: Finally, Julius Erving's helping (7)

17: Putting your foot in it may incite Royal intervention (7)

18: Hungarian composer on CD extra, perhaps, with Norwegian composer (7)

22: In favor of echoing game call (3)




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