Crossword for Wed, 7/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Naughty pedestrian sounds Scotch? (9)

4: Scheme conclusion for jet set (5)

7: Examples of containers (5)

9: Unspoken corruption - born venal! (3-6)

11: Against space race effect (5)

12: Always heading off without getting paid (9)

13: Away sick and lifeless (5)

14: Disillusioned with the tune not being broadcast (3,3,3)

17: Sarcastic critic, alas drunk, missing bit of comedy (9)

18: Some gambling couple no longer in bed! (3-2)

19: Crank up front half of outhouse in Alabama, for example (4-5)

21: Poles suffer internally - they're hard (5)

22: University boards tailless orange and light brown ape (9)

23: A souvenir some sightseer elicited (5)

24: Weirdos drop feet-first in pools (5)

25: Hint at irregularity of annuities (9)
Down
2: Collector is slow mover garnering southern selenium (9)

3: Cook ran; ragout spilled; one might jump to conclusions here? (8,5)

4: Part, or bring together (5)

5: Like a high ranking diplomat's awful ambrosia salad (13)

6: Total for the match (5)

8: Guess what the benighted marksman did? (4,2,3,4)

10: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)

11: Bestows clothes (5)

15: Stranger, in turn, had an accident (3-3-3)

16: How to secure man-haters at last (5)

19: Laughable Democratic line-up (5)

20: Expresses dismay with the pronounced degree of corpulence (5)




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