Crossword for Fri, 24/Dec/2021

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Across
2: Hope destiny is remarkable - to free the mind (11)

8: Send back stopwatch, as an example (5)

9: Model unpredictable dial to shake in natural disaster (5,4)

11: Teen unclothes poorly dressed diners (13)

12: Route around exterior (5)

13: Aspirin for one gal in case feverish (9)

15: You say the apartment you let someone use is having a problem with gas? (9)

16: Changes orders and loses 100 (5)

17: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

21: Unmatched on plainer work (9)

22: Dahl, for one, reported as curry house side-order (5)

23: Boob implant cups: sad hoax in line with 15-down (8,3)
Down
1: African region of birth (5)

2: Devil and saint share presentation (13)

3: Her rash became more severe (7)

4: Nixon-Reagan era political appointments (9)

5: Soldier shelled in song from the past (5)

6: Gulf expressed in certain letters (5)

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

10: Liquidation of one country led by pair of fools (13)

12: A slight possibility of actor Jackie taking one's place in office (3,6)

14: Great flow dissipated into phosphorescent aura (9)

16: Witty remark, for example, about constant batterer (7)

18: Speak slowly, with upward lilt at the beginning (5)

19: Excessively sentimental dunderhead in the river (5)

20: Moderator conceals bard's inspiration (5)




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