Crossword for Sat, 30/Mar/2019

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Across
1: Not in action referred to (7)

6: Draw the knot (3)

8: Stay in the air? But we're lost! (5)

9: Plastic canister filled with fifty licorice sticks (9)

10: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)

11: Aliens set off (3)

13: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

15: Dine out and stop being vague (13)

18: Greek characters suggest dawn (3)

19: Conclude a recitation off-key (11)

20: After harvest fruit is seen again (9)

21: After Burton, the wild part of a person turns meek (5)

22: In fear of wheat head (3)

23: Blamed and nailed copper, scam's leader on the inside (7)
Down
1: Hoarded tiny bits of dryness (11)

2: No bad habits for beginners (7)

3: Expelled for being extrovert? (6,3)

4: Brando rinsing out identification tools (8,5)

5: 'There the woman is!' exclaimed in a less friendly way (5)

6: Surprisingly, neither was in place. (7)

7: One final, huge Greek goddess (3)

9: Challenge the bench in retaliation. (13)

12: Toff aimed to do himself proud. (11)

14: Somehow it is clear and practical (9)

16: Praised moving anguish (7)

17: Sums are written up for scholar (7)

19: Reject the upset outcast (5)

20: Three kernels of copper-yellow grain (3)




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