Crossword for Mon, 5/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Sent one page rewritten in military lingo (11)

7: Mink, for one, may fly when theres trouble (3)

10: He explored star (7,6)

11: Rejecting help, soldiers taking numbers for identification (9)

12: Before time like an aristocrat? (5)

13: Nothing we have to pay (3)

14: Where a maid is found making good delivery in tennis (2,7)

17: A muskmelon or cola nut pa sliced (9)

20: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

21: Angry Raider not silent (5)

23: Yogi's enthralled by boundless flings and deviant behavior (9)

24: 3-down said Sir, I have these! (5,4,4)

25: Mr Stewart on the staff (3)

26: Carelessly let teeth rot completely (2,3,6)

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2: Ran up price to report (7)

3: Rising from an island in the Atlantic (9)

4: Aboard a ship is shipping magnate (7)

5: Final recipient of product ensured indiscreetly. (3, 4)

6: Bring out French nobleman with ease (5)

7: For slimmers: food almost tasteless, initially, and costing nothing? (3-4)

8: Lustful inside, eager and young (5)

9: We would embrace tightly in marriage (7)

15: Persistently ask for one silly prom song (9)

16: Nag male, starting with pain in the neck (7)

17: Cleaning woman, embarrassed, is scarred by firing (7)

18: Worker in new data capture firm (7)

19: Rhyme in Old English to run the show (7).

20: Call on telephone about lock (7)

21: Trainee repudiates closing plant? (5)

22: Result of incident (5)





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