Crossword for Wed, 22/Mar/2023

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Across
2: Barmaid slipped, leading to a spectacular disaster. (6, 7)

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

10: Non-clerical song (3)

11: Indict a sprinkling of reporters? (7)

13: Upset tiny pal in an unsuitable way (7)

14: Leda overtaken by frenzied satyr -- perhaps debauched? (3,6)

15: Improve me back end (5)

17: Plunges about in State's evidence (5)

19: Family tales? (9)

22: Threw out long bit of dried up meat (7)

23: Walking upright, P. Abide turned left (7)

24: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)

25: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

26: Uncouth chaps met Engel under stress. (4,9)
Down
1: Encrusted with crustaceans, with salt stripped out? (9)

3: Nothing changes in reproductive organs (7)

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

5: Cause of weighty solemnity? (7)

6: Mean to declare how old you are (7)

7: Inspects old radical for a moment (5, 6)

8: Looks like an eyesore, sounds like an eyesore (3)

12: Ruby ran off to marry after a couple of events came to light again (11)

16: End is close, doctor surreptitiously revealed (9)

18: Amassing gold in confidence trick (7)

19: To be groovy, must not be left off. (5, 2)

20: Catholic starts to raise awareness going into public defamation (7)

21: Bar shows low returns after first of the month (7)

24: Song is a gas (3)




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