Crossword for Sun, 20/Aug/2023

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Across
2: Bugler to stand playing in fields of war (13)

8: Hellish center for immigration? (5)

9: Able to contend, not being disheartened (9)

11: Monkey around, at best (7)

12: The French inheritance given up by a former French colony (7)

14: Pitchers were transported south (5)

15: I hear you require a massage. (5)

16: Alcohol and tobacco - they can get a grip on you, we hear (5)

17: Relieves each emergency service (5)

18: An animal which flies high but comes back for a place to wash (7)

19: Quiver made from wild elm root (7)

20: I clear imp in ruckus based on evidence (9)

22: Almost reveal Nationals' former identity (5)

23: Runner or dramatist in play (13)
Down
1: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

2: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

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

4: Cruel to waste money (5)

5: Defective gas meters for people who take chances (9)

6: Deciphered code in a sea-nymph (7)

7: Former name for joint audition (3)

10: See its violent broadcast? (10,3)

13: Hang back, keeping right next to person buying a jumper (11)

15: Bribes due to be discredited in AFL? (9)

16: One who fought animal doctor ran after horse, ultimately (7)

17: Mount seen the day before the others (7)

19: Perhaps a bathroom contractor is mentioned to a former president (5)

21: Plan to return with woman (3)




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