Crossword for Thu, 25/Oct/2018

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Across
1: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

7: Tender command (3)

9: Nits are possibly more unpleasant (7)

10: Enough messing with me, pal (5)

11: Concrete well cover (5)

12: A driven person, Ness left wearing a beeper (9)

14: Child is to depart, finally (3)

16: Get rid of the botched act, dearie (9)

17: Beneficial to lose funny inside. Who? Me? (9)

18: Inflexible yet adjusted (3)

19: Train sets notwithstanding (9)

20: $100 accepted by tart in buff (5)

22: Climp up on horse on high ground (5)

23: Try place for field event (4,3)

24: God, transforming first day into last night, was received (3)

25: No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)

Down
1: Birds in the wilderness (5)

2: Clearances for the first couple of characters to find answers. (11)

3: Probed announcer's self-esteem (5)

4: Right, turn right to play with robot (3)

5: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

6: Pitcher's debut in strikeout is exhausting (9)

7: Later round without an opponent (3)

8: Deviant fellow following Esther Williams at times (9)

12: Rifles protect lady from 16-down overhead (11)

13: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

14: Frustrating item containing flaw (9)

15: Crank up front half of outhouse in Alabama, for example (4-5)

20: Upset expression of surprise follows failure of comic take-off (5)

21: Shabby and insolent, having no trace of breeding (5)

22: Bumped into yours truly at junction (3).

23: Sounds like a bright child (3).





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