Crossword for Thu, 29/Jun/2023

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Across
1: Dodgy queen is tender (5)

4: Write down 'In mink, not frozen'? (9)

9: Ball tops over-ripe bananas (3)

10: Odds of niece being born (3)

11: One hero, perhaps! (7)

12: How to eat the heart of marsupial (3)

14: Alice, Val or 10-across exploit lotus-eating? (2,5,4)

15: Bugs emerge in a zoo (9)

17: Rooted in regressive muddleheaded isolation (5)

18: Belonging to you, is getting to me, Herb (5)

20: Left sheet in case (9)

23: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

25: Walesa still embodies how Nobel Laureates soar? (3)

26: Performer to account for lock (7)

27: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)

29: Number One in facetiousness (3)

30: We hear you cannot pay, so you can't smell. (9)

31: Interprets, for the audience, the woodwinds (5)
Down
1: Little singer returned, following band to total a hairy little mother with seating for one. (7)

2: Chain some; cuff objectors (3)

3: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

4: Smokey's threat turning up deep in northern parts (5,4)

5: City train bears the woman's name (5)

6: Farm animals put on islands (7)

7: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

8: Ephemeral deity guards precious stone (7)

13: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

14: Carries most of sea-bird back. (3)

16: Famous marshal perfects listening devices (9)

18: Dinner trousers get sodden at drinks. (4)

19: Simplest to find English in kinky siesta (7)

21: In favor of echoing game call (3)

22: Storey's fantastic seafood (7)

24: A key passage (5)

28: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

29: Five kills one. (3)




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