Crossword for Sat, 21/Dec/2019

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Across
1: 30-across Locality of drama and current progress (5,2,4)

3: Took hold of the note and tore it (7)

5: Tie torn coats (7)

7: Defects called for a metal cache underfoot (5,4)

10: Attract fill-in worker by end of August (5)

11: Consumed and digested tea (3)

12: Miss West soaks up ultraviolet for that striking shade of purple (5)

13: Wanderer features in ones best adage (7)

14: Hurting with pains? Not so! Far out! (7)

15: Announced at first match: 'You are on the net. This is unprofessional.' (7)

16: The rate changed at movie house (7)

18: Dress up fakes without a shred of compunction (5)

19: Top card? Excellent! (3)

20: Spread hocus-pocus partly for this particular purpose (2,3)

21: Makes teenagers unruly (9)

22: Old Testament character, New Testament incident (5)

23: Popular pickpocket is returning, tasteless (7)

24: Desires unconventional lives (7)
Down
1: Place vermin's raised for new business venture (5-2)

2: Prosecutor entering motion following air conditioning company manager's initial settlement (13)

3: Ball-horses are travellers! (5-8)

4: Some engines stop working with less maintenance (7)

6: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

7: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

8: Wizards covered in liquor and beer...it might be for charity (7, 4)

9: Finish suddenly, like an oboe? (1, 4, 2, 3, 3)

15: A fool, for instance, may use a very good spear (7)

17: Eric, having set off, repeats something memorized (7)




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