Crossword for Thu, 21/Mar/2024

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Across
1: Sort of uninitiated cheat (3)

4: Bad egg contained sulphur and tin, a real torture! (9)

9: Cook ran; ragout spilled; one might jump to conclusions here? (8,5)

10: Flippancy is thoughtlessness without a trace of respect (9)

11: Calculated average time (5)

12: Color red surrounds letters on a Cardinal's cap for all-out player (7)

15: Grow, taking head of iceberg to show again (5)

17: Intimidated, we tucked into fish (5)

18: Bomb compartment - note damaged weapon (7)

20: Squaddies took in lecture (5)

21: Strange lingo - some new expression (9)

24: State that may be so ideal for sap (5,8)

25: Oscillating crystal perhaps not so rare (9)

26: Worthless even when recycled (3)
Down
1: Attacked with words to violate one's hearing (9)

2: Twice take heart over raven writers so-called ground parrots (7)

3: Had dressed formally without a hat (5)

4: Underwear contained an organ that made one think. (5)

5: Rebs to can fresh edible crustacean from southern states (5,4)

6: Escorted place for investment? (2,7)

7: Original caliph adds brave face to UK/Arab struggle (3-4)

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

13: Quiet time to bellow fall, for example (3,6)

14: Extra-radical worker getting tan (9)

16: Perhaps men sit and eat in a cafe (9)

17: Prisoners drawing in some light colours (7)

19: The most artless nearly tack on undershirt (7)

20: Dodgy queen is tender (5)

22: Studio sign initially obscured by swirling rain (2,3)

23: I love chewing up Mediterranean fruit (5)




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