Crossword for Fri, 12/May/2023

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Across
1: Knife to skin head and trim pelt (7)

4: Administered dose of vitamin (between 100 and 1000) in head (7)

7: Algerian city has grand musical instrument (5)

9: Coats need woven yarns (9)

11: Mild guess: I die reassembling a nasty weapon (6,7)

12: Clumsy fools head toward prevarication (9)

15: Miss West soaks up ultraviolet for that striking shade of purple (5)

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

17: Is this a bird from Australia? (4-5)

18: He explored star (7,6)

23: How the obese appear to hunt? (4,5)

24: Subject to constant cold (5)

25: Carries small cup and helps out (7)

26: Concerning Eliza undergoing transformation for profit (7)

Down
1: Made clear how in directions (5)

2: Ruined ship follows constraint of river (9)

3: Head off switchboard operator's request for rental (9)

4: Whip stuff with energy (5)

5: Turned aside helpers (5)

6: Conspired to be captivated. (9)

8: Feel sick from crack? (3)

10: The old Queen was said to be a grizzly mother.(3-4)

12: Savage welcomes United Nations' interment (7)

13: 'Gigolo, Inc.' lothario sporting primitive G-string (9)

14: Our Foreign Minister embraced German, and in his own country (4,5)

15: Ante up after raise from volatile Sicilian? (5,4)

19: Home that's high (and very light) by the Sound (5)

20: Learned men are full of hesitation, since they are often beaten.(5)

21: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

22: Host seems clever, off and on (5)





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