Crossword for Thu, 24/Feb/2022

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Across
1: Doctor singes off top of sore and bandages (9)

6: Confuse cast (5)

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

10: Gantry in Hilton Hotel, Mermaid Beach (5)

11: Rooted in regressive muddleheaded isolation (5)

12: Of alien regime! (7)

13: Leaves mid-October accounts depleted by 50 per cent (7)

15: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)

17: Then, one crisis ends after call is for healthy exercises (13)

22: Father's time for hobby (7)

23: Bad example or examples (7)

25: A weapon as plunder (5)

27: Go in with singer Karen, forgetting fish (5)

28: Equips for attacks (4)

29: Starts to actually believe you survived snake pit (5)

30: Recycled output for larger hollow tree within (4,5)
Down
1: Fairy tale character concealed in simulated war front (5)

2: Goes through ere sixpence circulates (11)

3: Lawman inside fires back, hits female (7)

4: Lion man outraged to be so-called (7)

5: Exercise time inside (7)

6: International accord for Rev. Spooner's award for a top sunbather? (4,3)

7: Clear initial rubbish in drain (3)

8: We would embrace tightly in marriage (7)

14: Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)

16: I am a Persian fairy starting to approach supreme powers (7)

18: Tories put out after Liberal leader hangs around (7)

19: Something cold in Candice Bergen's makeup (7)

20: Settler-constructed bridge (7)

21: One might be uplifted if a cockney spoke of arts such as opera. (7)

24: Hate because sailor gets a head start in Oregon (5)

26: Cook small fish. (3)




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