Crossword for Fri, 2/Jun/2023

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Across
1: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

5: Was pertinent Associated Press page misrepresented? (7)

9: Hold onto string and file (5)

10: Tongue-in-cheek advice to enter cast (5,1,3)

11: Resolute British detectives in action (7)

13: Indict a sprinkling of reporters? (7)

15: No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)

18: Emergency room stocks one sensitive organ (3)

19: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

20: Rejecting crew's work on board, you rest at the stern (8,3)

21: After starting, speedy trip across (7)

23: Picks up job applicant documents (7)

24: Unwelcome visitors oddly unstirred (9)

27: Silent entertainer comes around and turns into talkative one (5)

29: Some freezing? (7)

30: Lionel train originally given to Ron Howard on 'Happy Days' (7)
Down
1: Complain about the horse (3)

2: Girl hatches subterfuge in prison tower (11)

3: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)

4: Zealous police action captures leader of blackmailers (5)

5: Top card? Excellent! (3)

6: Weapon in Clue game (5)

7: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

8: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

11: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)

12: Put on University of Texas ring (5)

13: Pointer: 'Start off thin' (5)

14: Beware of these they show the funny side of the month! (4,2,5)

16: Strength of army (5)

17: Pulls Americans (5)

22: Steel is ruined, nearly destroyed (5)

23: Republican badly ires one on the way up (5)

25: Thumb Drum? (3)

26: Aliens set off (3)

27: Cull out from top ten (3)

28: Grant loud colour (3)




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