Crossword for Tue, 31/Aug/2021

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

7: Montana contract cut back (5)

9: Split, ran? (9)

10: Plunges about in State's evidence (5)

11: Word of opposition from a friend of Caesar, J? (7)

12: God! Get real! There's no point getting upset (3)

13: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

14: 7-down relic? (6,5)

18: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)

19: Mrs. Roosevelt East, Trim, Oregon (7)

20: Westbound section of that road is a major artery (5)

22: Part of Washington cabinet or writing desk (9)

23: Quiet floor decoration is a sign of indifference (5)

24: Something good made by dwarf barber, perhaps! (6,7)
Down
1: Scotsman turns to notice drifter (5)

2: Nevertheless, hang about; we are inside (7)

3: Rear oat variety as a way to break up the soil (7)

4: 'Ransom'? Lame. Run 'Rocky I', 'II', 'III', etc. (5,8)

5: Diet I'm crazy about will eventually set boundaries (7)

6: Dreadful bender did result in being laid up. (9)

8: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

9: Jump Begin (5)

12: Exploits, in Time, founder and glow cold (9)

15: Pattern upset clients (7)

16: A game stuffing ketchup in balloons (7)

17: How like a nobleman not to be late. (5)

18: Something that may move a hammer to engineer a murder (7)

21: Divine instrument for drilling in the mouth (5)




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