Crossword for Sat, 7/May/2022

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Across
1: Loudly certain Woodbridges a near-certainty (5,4)

6: Record left by teacher in Siam (5)

9: Scandinavian boatmen or sea-faring characters (5)

10: Proof of intoxication (9)

11: Pet pig backing up after starting to tap dance (3-4)

13: Come back in just a pseudo pair of shoes (5)

15: When things are less busy in very loud plant in Oklahoma (3-4)

16: China to convert to a biblical place. (7)

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

20: Cher holds arm of flirt (7)

23: West's last: bottom spade, perhaps (5)

25: Short measure and light weight, say (7)

26: Trick winemaker into being reckless (9)

28: Single parliamentary representative on the Spanish drive (5)

30: Fittingly, use following heart transplant (5)

31: Always heading off without getting paid (9)
Down
1: Small United Nations state (South Korea) getting excellent, if abbreviated, kind of exposure (9)

2: Leaders of Orioles and Rangers stick in the dugout? (3)

3: Settler-constructed bridge (7)

4: Game for artist holding tip of paintbrush right (4,5)

5: Fires partner in investment firm, we hear (5)

6: Against that terrible, consuming war (7)

7: Neil lost a letter and ended up with nothing (3)

8: Fastens curls (5)

12: Old French act involving British eccentric (7)

14: Winter creation initially scares dwarf. Ms. Landers to listen. (7)

16: Model unusually creepy hat (9)

17: Equus? Shenanigans! (9)

19: Sexually suggestive, and complicated, we hear (7)

21: Omit sea-change fragment (7)

22: Jimmy's high - an' taking off? (5)

24: Jacket potato topping's on vessel, note (5)

27: On the canvas from third strike (3)

29: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)




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