Crossword for Wed, 30/May/2018

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Across
1: King of the sun and new moon (7)

4: 'Shut up or else,' con snarled (7)

8: Cat linked stories to the underworld (8-5)

10: Brother finally changed sides at the bordello. (7)

11: Diverting a dupe with wrong input (7)

12: D*** petrol pump sample? (7)

13: Left out cheese for parasites (7)

14: A correspondent from every point on island (7)

16: Prepare the blocks for a run, perhaps (7)

19: Hates and gets rid of a Mensa entry requirement? (7)

20: Strangely, Salerno is a city in France (7)

21: Free for all by lack of padlocked freight compartments (2,5,6)

22: Not all colleges say education is attempted (7)

23: One American tree growing wild that's very plain (7)
Down
1: Wounded bats put back to bed (7)

2: Officer scratches passageway backing out (7)

3: Let not passion sway philosophers (3-10)

5: Firm must sometimes use an oriental dress (7)

6: Fling an item of furniture (3,5,5)

7: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

8: Menzies-Carr alliance keeps eye on silly timers (3-3,7)

9: A little sports car, let to harassed Southern belle (8,5)

15: Lose, divided by pitcher's error (7)

17: Star first overhauls top landholding, bolstered by French capital (7)

18: The ultimate objective is not to achieve the goal. (2, 5, 1, 3)

21: Former name for joint audition (3)




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