Crossword for Wed, 27/Sep/2023

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Across
1: With great strength holy man stays above reproach (9)

5: Starts to prepare every kind of European tea (5)

8: To implicate is innate, swallowing a hundred backing Space Station One (11)

10: American capital supplied plant (5)

11: Me in a green tent's ultimate in harmony (9)

12: Sailing homewards popular by spring (7)

13: They are instrumental in petty swindles (7)

16: Birth of Wilder sibling (7)

17: Albatross, seals cluster here! (4,3)

19: Funny noises can rise from below (9)

22: Religious types taking some time in the morning? (5)

23: Hostile warning: one man has captured the queen (11)

24: Bridge players under low deer (5)

25: Dee Star danced in two clubs recently (9)
Down
1: Characteristic of old door, mouse. (9)

2: Reportedly regret cutting remark in quarrel (7)

3: Waterhouses partner slashes discounts (5,4)

4: Location of cheating, fiercer gender (4,9)

5: Prepare canvas with a colour like red, blue or yellow? (5)

6: Jack's described part of a church (5)

7: Old Testament character, New Testament incident (5)

9: Secretly include railroad in family future (13)

14: Rip apart and mostly reject old ballplayer (9)

15: Irresponsible friends show up merry (9)

18: It's over, over, over, kept apart by past payment (7)

19: Pathological bumbler holds a record (5)

20: Small room leader of orchestra needed for instrument (5)

21: A vine sometimes can seem green (5)




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