Crossword for Thu, 20/Jul/2023

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Across
1: Heard Italian city in canyon is from the stone age, perhaps (3-6)

6: No hay for big punch fabricator (5)

10: Cheaper oil, gas distributed in Island chains (13)

12: Gets in boats at sea (7)

13: Pampered, after Molly cooked eggs (7)

14: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

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

22: Show disapproval at disturbing rest with another needle (7)

23: Place to grow fruit trees, or a leafy veggie (7)

25: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

26: Proficient in arithmetic, starting with short division (5)

27: Syrian mother with a part in a play (9)
Down
2: Old role for paintings that trick the eye (2,3)

3: Gold cot in rummage sale (7)

4: Transfixes the finger-tips (5)

5: There aren't any comebacks after such a poor performance. (2, 7)

7: Learning, obsessive student returns to shelf (9)

8: What's left of reckless desire to get closer to you (7)

9: We hear sniffer is acquainted with the facts (5)

11: To confuse, immerse a priest in drink. (5)

15: Recreating the past, USS Enterprise finally turned up (9)

16: How the obese appear to hunt? (4,5)

17: Tell a porky about top brass before broadcast up in West African republic (7)

19: Shabby and insolent, having no trace of breeding (5)

20: Mischievously cheat on board for packets (7)

21: Stick house (5)

23: Loathing for leader leaving platform (5)

24: Lost sail heading for eastern passage (5)




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