Crossword for Fri, 6/Aug/2021

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Across
1: Yes, MBAs worked with a diplomatic staff (7)

5: Beatnik embraces nude in nightclub (7)

8: Hovers over weaving implements (5)

9: I clear imp in ruckus based on evidence (9)

11: Compete with life in France (3)

12: Vagrant's foot caught in spinning machine (7)

13: Cabaret, nearly empty, takes prize (9)

15: A sample of Frau Dietrich's song and dance (5)

16: Come to Korea - Chinese part (5)

17: Optomist rashly to count votes before a form of a negative comes up (9)

19: Company strongly recommend: after first scolding, apply the whip! (7)

22: Residue has scattered (3)

23: One who concentrates on princess, yet ignores her at first (9)

24: Its out-of-date to need a permit for the course (5)

25: Draw one above Indian hut (7)

26: Putting in a nugget, maybe, put a point to venerated one? (7)

Down
1: Points about dangerous wires can invigorate. (7)

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

3: Squash cat; poor furry creature (9)

4: Give in and offer up (5)

5: Cartoonist is to finally sell toy gun (3,6)

6: Vegetable has red cap (5)

7: Brutal one destroyed clutches with hooked claws (7)

10: Opening event in cruise: Iran art display (7-6)

14: Fastener made from crumpled ripple pac (9)

15: Reverend Spooner's nosy supporter's cookware (6,3)

16: Grant again drew one crookedly (7)

18: Get with a Chicago threesome, the night before a big event (7)

20: Pygmy antelope or Nile wader without a tail (5)

21: Ear to (almost all) the ground (5)





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