Crossword for Tue, 18/Jun/2024

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Across
2: Cat linked stories to the underworld (8-5)

9: Archipelagos concluded thus in Nigeria (5)

10: Outfit in which one walks when outside the ship? (9)

11: Legendary rich guy gets called, then folds (7)

13: Templates lacking a bit of taste for houses of worship (7)

14: Thirteenth in a series, ER's about an Aussie racketeer who took repeated slams? (7)

16: Singers in a special Tosca production (5)

17: Scheme I enter into direct (5)

18: Be all ears about the growth of the Highlands (7)

20: Picks up job applicant documents (7)

21: Communist air force is entertained - entertained splendidly (7)

23: Every other starlit fish starting search for little percussion instruments (9)

24: Renowned architect leaving island for long jog (5)

26: ...near fishing boats stocked with cold bait (5,8)
Down
1: 'Wrong and sick,' I quote... almost (7)

2: Draw a stomach uprising (3)

3: Climaxes after starting advances (5)

4: Do as I say in short retreat (5)

5: To fight sunburn, he faced pain unflinchingly. (7)

6: Group of athletes with club entering quiet sauna (5,4)

7: One later enters, like, with matching sides (11)

8: Desires taking time and interest for musicians (7)

12: Girl mostly into turning inside out - it's never ending! (11)

15: Perhaps men sit and eat in a cafe (9)

17: Proper wordplay describing actress Moreno (7)

18: Color red surrounds letters on a Cardinal's cap for all-out player (7)

19: Bond's boss to refer to turned-up bone (7)

21: Repair stitching that flares Ewok cloaks (5)

22: Front men, we hear (5)

25: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)




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