Crossword for Fri, 23/Feb/2024

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Across
1: Got excited by unusual tulip (3,2)

3: I'm ready to attend university without preparation (9)

6: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)

8: Flatters some mushy TV shows (4-5)

11: Gaunt crone leaning finally on a hollow redwood (7)

12: British actor in Rocky VII role (7)

14: No hot tamale in this dish (7)

15: Dear one separates two cored fruit (7)

16: Like a big cat, snaky fish consumes Spanish toddler (7)

18: Almost useless nags (7)

20: Settler-constructed bridge (7)

21: Edits Russian performances (7)

22: A contractor builds or he rents (9)

23: Without it, set call for recompense (3)

24: Timely introduction of purifier into terribly poor air (9)

25: Marry large bumpkin (5)

Down
1: Teen unclothes poorly dressed diners (13)

2: Father's wise migration (7)

3: Disbelieving customer found in fetid cell in turmoil. (7,6)

4: Opposition leader has share in speech (7)

5: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

7: Excellent pornography and liquor brought back fun after dark (9)

9: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)

10: Cat linked stories to the underworld (8-5)

13: Hearty policeman plugs frozen treats (3,6)

17: Al Fresco is to do our cooking (7)

19: Old communist uprising described in distorted yell (7)

22: How to eat the heart of marsupial (3)





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