Crossword for Sun, 25/Oct/2020

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Across
1: Corn whiskey for the French King. (7)

4: Farmland female comes back covered with baked clay (7)

7: Robert's musical wild animals (7)

9: Propane explodes, theoretically (2,5)

11: Broke out of cell -- found in prickly sedges (5)

12: Cry at nothing and hope to be only slightly cowardly? (9)

13: Upset top duo; I went and confessed (5,2,2,2)

15: Just grazed the pasty? (4-7)

18: Following conference's end, wild riot is focus of 'Call' published opinion (9)

20: Computer celeb Michael flipped over (5)

21: ...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)

22: Mount seen the day before the others (7)

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

24: Bugs going after quiet gags (7)
Down
1: Very young cat I lost in an ancient city (7)

2: Brando rinsing out identification tools (8,5)

3: Snoopy, no? Yes, in retrospect (5)

4: Ace swallows pastry tart (7)

5: Impatient dope confused designated hour (9,4)

6: To hear's possible in this (7)

8: Sadly, tribe sends off good pals (4,2,7)

10: I, for one, adhere to edict (13)

14: Free time around quiet stream (7)

16: Struck with leading edge of shortstop's glove (7)

17: Ancient historian understood America (7)

19: More than one garden veggie is spilling the beans, you say? (5)




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