Crossword for Mon, 2/Mar/2020

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Across
1: Brand of cat food containing bird's head and feet (5)

4: Dissolve fluid absorbed (9)

7: Drunk held firmly (5)

8: Having one's feet opposed, as in Australia. (9)

10: Barmaid slipped, leading to a spectacular disaster. (6, 7)

12: Thoroughly dismissed - twice! (3,3,3)

14: Share between two some lethal venom (5)

16: In Germany, the monster returned from the east. (5)

18: Can patriot make paver dither? (4-5)

20: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

23: Dismissed Pat? Thats an indication to stop (9)

24: Hang poor Democrat from the east (5)

25: Arranger of mere songs put in the shade (4,5)

26: Weapon in Clue game (5)

Down
1: Intruders bury proles in pieces (11).

2: Computer memory, sound really sucks? (9)

3: Facing defeat on court record? (3,4)

4: Fall fall stops? (6,3)

5: Charge one piece of mandarin fruit (7)

6: Turned aside helpers (5)

9: Send back gangster's gun to get ID (3)

11: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

13: Trumpeter is a young person with a pullover (9)

15: Grant authority to gaucho, finally, packing whip for farm animals (9)

17: Requiring what sounds like massaging (7)

19: How 1-down might be dissolved? (5,2)

21: Continues wild parties after inauguration (5)

22: Standard style of music rejected (3)





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