Crossword for Sat, 22/Apr/2023

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Across
1: Former leader's relative with bit of tension in stomach (4, 3)

6: Native American involved in drug problem exposed (5)

9: Working on mental topic? (13)

10: Frost to cover the cake (3)

11: 7-down relic? (6,5)

13: On return, for example, put back costume (3-2)

15: Excessive melodrama ruined their acts (9)

16: Hearty policeman plugs frozen treats (3,6)

19: Sluggish trainer takes part (5)

21: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

22: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)

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

24: Fittingly, use following heart transplant (5)

25: Speak about bad deal in time for bargains (4,3)
Down
1: Complaining ruler gets expression of disgust (7)

2: Starts to name Olivia Newton-John 'Country Entertainer' for the time being (5)

3: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

4: Prepare the blocks for a run, perhaps (7)

5: Law, say, constraining trade union leaders (7)

7: Mandarin tangled net in rage (9)

8: Stops trains and big trucks (7)

12: Bend in Pennsylvania court case related to revered founder (11)

14: Ditch a worker is cutting (9)

16: State goddess gets in first (7)

17: Its cold! Hurry up and ground it ... (5,2)

18: Tranquillises extremely senile escorts (7)

20: Mr. Cobb gets badly riled, in the same old way (7)

22: An inadequate food? (5)




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