Crossword for Tue, 21/Nov/2023

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Across
1: Beatnik embraces nude in nightclub (7)

4: Notice the parts of speech and get different parts of speech (7)

7: One hundred-odd bits of bombs in some projectiles initially (5)

9: Lick up pal (3)

10: Send back stopwatch, as an example (5)

11: Vicious return to professional serve reveals the inequality. (13)

12: Stretched form of a verb (5)

13: Delicate stem is enlightening (5,4)

14: Red Square leaders picking up wild stories with electronic gear (9)

16: Mark in Russian bar, empty the night before (5)

17: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

19: Tie torn coats (7)

20: Backblock not all there (3)

21: Ray is a guy who just loafs around, so people say (5)

22: Mrs. Roosevelt East, Trim, Oregon (7)

23: Bore stopped outside ancient city (7)
Down
2: Keep an unfriendly attitude (7)

3: Flower, large one, set up outside (5)

4: Grasp a rag usefully wrapping vegetable (9)

5: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

6: Rap wave using scab? (6-7)

7: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

8: Shifting financial fortunes cause industry revolution (8,5)

10: Dance with Oliver (5)

13: Far out, man, to rile someone who tells cats what to do (9)

15: Knock out acrobat's last daring feat (5)

16: Fought and bled after receiving a little attention (7)

18: Security chief purged a pair of generals (5)




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