Crossword for Fri, 22/Sep/2023

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Across
2: To live with a former partner is the final result (5)

5: Examiner for each drug addict (7)

9: Cretins destroyed tank (7)

10: Plays without a wee measure of drinks (5)

11: Zantac's first in things to buy for composer (5)

13: Healthy again, adored having company (9)

14: Plowmen let Amy spread job statute (10,3)

15: Random, visceral troop of hunters - that may open a door for you? (13)

19: Owned 500 (about right) broken skis in storage locations (4,5)

20: Lived down low in damp (5)

22: Float, drifting, in the air (5)

23: Resistance to change is smart; it's going back in time (7)

25: Garbs orations that lack publicity (7)

26: Freeze one mug filled with tea, essentially (3,2)
Down
1: Shine audio, $40? (5)

2: Pauses awkwardly after error but steadies nerves (5,2)

3: Anger that is constraining response (3)

4: Fit in cave after tea (7)

5: Sounds like Brazilian soccer player may make a good fisher (7)

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

7: Box put on line for bird (7)

8: Some doctors oust head of Johnson and Johnson? (9)

12: E.g., told story about cave-men (11)

14: Wrath, dear, turned in a lower direction (9)

15: Long-winded poem about Bob, for the most part (7)

16: Like cold chops without nuts (7)

17: Italian composer making endless noise, sir (7)

18: Dance to old home recording (3 4)

21: This is always resplendent, adorning heads (5)

24: Sheep to start wallowing in ease (3)




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