Crossword for Thu, 23/Dec/2021

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Across
1: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)

3: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)

7: Weights laced with silver ring, forms of graphite (9)

9: Made new, breaking away from tired ideas (5)

11: Trains without commanding officer and suffers (5)

12: Little singer returned, following band to total a hairy little mother with seating for one. (7)

13: Keep firm about the ring (5)

14: Eddy's mother hugging Slater wildly (9)

15: Good place for sniper for fill? (9)

19: Beat writer's collaborator briefly drank (5)

20: One partner took it to reproduce (7)

21: A supporter starting to mock President Garfield's middle name (5)

22: Bar one not keeping heart of bargain (5)

23: Supporting truth nearly buried in con game (9)

25: Orchestra I'm reorganizing for certain conductor (11)

26: Fool to join recital (3)
Down
1: Bite and flip over -- one way to win a wrestling match (3)

2: Chewed-up gum in tater -- how toothsome (5-8)

3: Shameful young lady making her entrance in the manner of a talking horse (7)

4: Heroin's prepared approaching land (7)

5: Restaurant employees opposed to stuffing fish (7)

6: Pick up line for first man swinging both ways? (5,2,4)

8: Grand space for bride's mate (5)

10: Vicious return to professional serve reveals the inequality. (13)

11: Stimulant produced as choir paid off (11)

16: Hire a surveyor. (7)

17: Ring writers, each far from land (4,3)

18: Regretted backing up grasping tip of massive object (5)

19: Turncoat's quality: amoral heart (7)

24: God, transforming first day into last night, was received (3)




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