Crossword for Tue, 8/Dec/2020

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Across
1: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)

6: Bounder beheaded by slippery swimmer (3)

9: Remodeled place is distinctive (7)

11: Original State-in-Origin seat? (5)

12: Free sex, lips in beer; it's beyond words (13)

13: Freshly pick up select book on top (7)

15: We blame knitter for small woolly jumper (3-4)

17: Loud lot ran out at the head (7)

18: Hes happy to wait for the doctor! (7)

19: Little weight spoils head honcho in sophisticated secondary institute (7,6)

23: The sound of a piano is excruciating (5)

24: Curate ran immediately back inside tower (7)

25: Sheep to start wallowing in ease (3)

26: Thus might florin study a silly timekeeper (3-3,5)
Down
2: Hand out Kleenex, wiping away a bit of tears (5)

3: Everything, including meat, in stew is nutritious (9)

4: New York island is hellish without boundaries (5)

5: Get rid of Bush (5)

6: He's last to kiss a rat--she's close, it's clear (9)

7: Something good made by mini drink packer! (6,7)

8: Location of cheating, fiercer gender (4,9)

10: Palestinian group participating in way out feat (7)

14: Beside, its aligned so poorly (9)

15: Deranged person ate tongue (9)

16: Apprentice relinquishes heart to temptress (7)

20: Teetotaler tipples, keeping awake (5)

21: Mother and boyfriend rumored to dance (5)

22: Ensemble originally formed with ocarina, cello, theremin, euphonium, and tabla (5)




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