Crossword for Thu, 25/Aug/2022

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Across
1: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)

3: Risk of pole womans end being upset after handy beer (11)

9: Polygraph unexpectedly traps vandal (3)

10: Cautioned about teaching (9)

11: Dark mysterious thing (5)

13: Beings massing or migrating (9)

14: Eights had to race again, we hear, concerning fish spawn. (2, 3)

15: Oscillating crystal perhaps not so rare (9)

19: M.C. with overexcited serpent heads to exit right (9)

20: Limp elbows display drive (5)

21: Introduction of inert ions with mercurial elements (9)

25: A military cap has turned up satisfactorily (5)

27: Incorrectly read pitch for a song (4,5)

29: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

30: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

31: Height is equal to three-fifths of the first one (3)
Down
1: Britannia - she never has blanched (5)

2: People going to Silver Lake to find animal collection (9)

3: Grant loud colour (3)

4: Underworld biggie (and chief stoolie) is a rich and powerful person (9)

5: Nasal quality essentially irritates Vera (5)

6: Pervert stripped in mineral water (5)

7: Reportedly, guys take advantage of lists (5)

8: Castle ran out of ones forebears (9)

12: Emily gets into the topic (5)

14: Tick off and send back into custody to conceal rip-off (9)

16: Tiger seen roaming National Park (9)

17: Transfixes the finger-tips (5)

18: Vaudeville star to lead opening of Angela's Grandma (3,6)

22: Mystic eats piece of donut in ritual meal (5)

23: Goes bad and accepts never-ending abuses of the system (5)

24: Acquire something enclosed by muslin curtain (5)

26: Flower shop nosh about $41 (5)

28: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)




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