Crossword for Mon, 25/Mar/2024

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Across
1: Chip is describing rare bird call (5)

4: Marijuana caught in slight stage illumination (9)

7: Scamp learning to beg (7)

8: Fine log doesnt begin garden art (7)

10: Rise as in throw, perhaps, showing fitness to fly (13)

12: Neil Armstrong initially brought back extraterrestrial (5)

13: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

14: Religious symbols featured in ceramic on sale (5)

16: Rod set up sweetheart to run away together (5)

17: In favor of echoing game call (3)

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

21: Changes direction with care, as befits a benefactor. (4, 4, 5)

22: and 2 Curses! Dons the parodists (4,3,7,2)

23: Structure artifice wherein Mr. Carney becomes Norton (7)

25: Over 24 hours, Parisian street may feel remorse (3,3,3)

26: Fairs with examples of sex positions (5)
Down
1: A notable Jay Leno feature, 'Sensible Dishes' (9)

2: One politician's a brat (3)

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

4: Encase most of the Ashes wrongly (7)

5: Hang back, keeping right next to person buying a jumper (11)

6: Test limits of sexologist in assignation (5)

8: Skinny green creature (5)

9: Foresees a three iron, just as Cassandra did. (7, 6)

11: For Proust, life's purpose springs from remembrance of a torn desire (6,5)

15: Tess spied wrinkled skirts (9)

17: Failure to remember Bach work (5)

18: Weatherman Al admitting old club is a place to find chicks? (7)

20: Seasoning for lark (5)

24: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)




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