Crossword for Sun, 27/Aug/2023

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Across
1: Deep sleep, father recalled, is fitting (7)

6: Clair West to continue with present policy? (5)

8: Violently storming while on the high seas (9)

9: Approaches first of nine pieces of corn (5)

11: Grave study: code-breaking? (13)

12: Miss West soaks up ultraviolet for that striking shade of purple (5)

13: Road without a pole (4)

14: Sprinkles studs under reconstruction (5)

15: Oak's first seen on the first of May with its leaves out (5)

16: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

18: Neil Armstrong initially brought back extraterrestrial (5)

19: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)

21: Paper boy? (5)

22: Lands filled with soft-shelled creatures (9)

23: A drain could be at the bottom (5)

24: I lead soldiers to keepsake (7)
Down
2: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

3: Senseless and dull? (9)

4: Fishing equipment for MacGill? (7)

5: Communist air force is entertained - entertained splendidly (7)

6: Nasty small places (5)

7: Stupidly sits in ice, snow with Packers fans? (13)

8: Prosecutor entering motion following air conditioning company manager's initial settlement (13)

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

14: Prig had ma conceal midriff (9)

16: Wilder first then? I see it's inherited. (7)

17: Amplification device for 'Murder, a Novel' (7)

20: Herd one of the cattle? (5)




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