Crossword for Sat, 21/Oct/2017

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Across
1: Choose to take the top off (3)

3: Weapons in a womans speech (11)

9: Dance in Spooner's very cold prison (9)

10: Dahl, for one, reported as curry house side-order (5)

11: One hundred listed as 'washed up' (7)

15: Nanny, for example, entertained by young pig (3-4)

16: Envision dazed magi on the brink of enlightenment (5)

17: Welsh resort - and no dull resort (9)

20: English jet fighter made an assessment and left the country (9)

22: Group of eight initially outwits coup to enter Tripoli (5)

23: Sums are written up for scholar (7)

25: Genuine hesitation in church after transgression (7)

26: Physician that is right is less interesting (5)

27: Pictures capturing Ranger's first excellent baseball player (9)

31: A Hollywood star upset about paparazzi hub in crude social event (6,5)

32: Cot is unmade for short month in fall (3)

Down
1: Aim to be even-handed (9)

2: Worthless even when recycled (3)

3: Later round without an opponent (3)

4: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

5: Siphon windy painter? (5)

6: Explosive provided turning point of natural uprising (7)

7: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

8: Jump Begin (5)

12: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

13: Former name for joint audition (3)

14: Bolted up tiptop earthenware (5)

18: Assistants' crackpot ideas (5)

19: Immediately placed in an awkward situation (2,3,4)

21: Note code with sorrow (7)

22: Have bananas now (3)

23: Stopped and looked after blowing top (5)

24: Bouquet's sent up to network director? (5)

28: Crew member is one in operating room (3)

29: Attempt test (3)

30: And give a little toot! (3)





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