Crossword for Fri, 20/Mar/2020

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Across
1: Eastenders' David gets on most people's (5)

3: Encrusted with crustaceans, with salt stripped out? (9)

6: Trap with hands? (3)

7: Rejecting crew's work on board, you rest at the stern (8,3)

10: Spotted one man hugging Spanish aunt after boy returned (9)

11: Ornamentation used in the a la mode coronet (5)

13: Canadian water ordered for regal tea-break (5,4,4)

15: Surprised fat southerner heading west to execute media mogul Turner (13)

18: Supplementing oriental ruler (5)

19: Just desserts for Alpine tumble? (9)

21: 28 Invitation for man to get a cent on November 5? (5,3,3,3)

22: Is Pat suitable? (3)

23: Created synopsis, but a detail I omitted is wrong (9)

24: Johnston's desires (5)
Down
1: Carried on with wit,energy and a little determination (5)

2: Fool gets share of standards in 25-down (13)

3: Radical is forced into deal with legal representative (9)

4: Horse eating western mountain ash (5)

5: Tide, for example, has to stop fellow (9)

7: Exchange rated poorly (5)

8: Low point for consumerist, reportedly (5)

9: Tidy up and clean floor finally and decisively (4,3,3,3)

12: Often copper brews up two common drugs. (6,3)

14: Came back on a diet anew and wasted away (9)

16: Humphrey's one over par (5)

17: Partially affect a steak's flavor (5)

19: A great drink. (5)

20: There's uranium in many a flower (5)




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