Crossword for Wed, 18/Aug/2021

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Across
1: Ancient history part is excessively trimmed (7)

5: Im backing into meat from Belgium! (7)

9: Encrusted with crustaceans, with salt stripped out? (9)

10: Pick a wrong angle (5)

11: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

12: Minor work taking half a month - an endless epistle (9)

14: Tutus can serve to conceal Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, say (7)

15: Between Virginia and Los Angeles nothing has flavour (7)

18: Original marks in bad degree came to light (7)

20: Beast Irishmen used for fertilizer. (7)

23: Terribly versatile family (9)

26: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

27: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

29: Damn turncoat left country (9)

30: Driver who's disappeared in conflict (7)

31: Musical direction for an old poet (7)
Down
1: Upset bee lit out from underground imprisonment (9)

2: Fumbles about and trips (7)

3: A changing sort of forced labour (5-4)

4: If forced, see idle TV broadcast (9)

5: Some people differ about Castro (5)

6: Crew had dinner, we hear (5)

7: Anger that is constraining response (3)

8: Feeling Starsky's buddy has a change of heart (5)

13: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

15: Other way round!, deputy angrily avers (4,5)

16: Get your paper here! Amphibious creature seizes steamship; a number dead (9)

17: A doped-up user cans pledge (9)

19: About....about right? Wrong! (3)

21: Indict a sprinkling of reporters? (7)

22: Incandescent silver base (5)

24: Sort of plain fur! (5)

25: Old Mongoloid to farewell religious leader (5)

28: Draw a stomach uprising (3)




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