Crossword for Thu, 30/Sep/2021

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Across
1: Non-professional laggard goes underground (4,3)

4: Light up during fire sale (5)

8: Charles talked about pictures of sea creatures (6,2,5)

10: Globe's automobile award (5)

11: Emergency room stocks one sensitive organ (3)

12: Uncharacteristically, Dickenson pens uplifting romantic ballad (5)

13: Eights had to race again, we hear, concerning fish spawn. (2, 3)

14: Timely introduction of purifier into terribly poor air (9)

16: This behaviour causes sin! (9)

18: Your leg? (5)

19: Radicchio tastes good in little bits. (5)

20: Compete with life in France (3)

21: Witnessed vocal tantrum (5)

22: Barmaid slipped, leading to a spectacular disaster. (6, 7)

23: Execute knitters for pitchers (5)

24: Mailer's reinterpreted depiction of the way things are (7)

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2: Author of stories about moles could be clearer (2,5)

3: Entire portion is healthful (9)

4: Slash some flipping werewolves (5)

5: Fighter to join around fourth of April (7)

6: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)

7: A cold fish embraces that woman's mortal weaknesses (8,5)

8: Paraphrasing 'A Certain Sport': 'Wait till next year!' (13)

9: Unfortunate rot in republic is everlasting (13)

15: Washed-up press agent, having dropped client's butt, is not the one in the driver's seat (9)

17: Heroin's prepared approaching land (7)

18: Approaching street, notice a crunchy snack(7)

20: Wives' strange ideas (5)





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