PA Puzzles - Crossword

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1 Asks for an adjustment in the net rates (8)
5 Sheets fastened together to make cushions (4)
9 Sounds like the appearance of Americans (4)
10 Innocuous version of the Demon Ale! (8)
11 Nourishing food made by the monk without any hesitation (5)
12 Is a non-participant - certainly doesn't act as stand-in (4,3)
13 His game is going to pot (7,6)
18 Calf rose unsteadily in the open air (8)
19 River from which sportsmen drive away (4)
20 Used when the circus performance is in full swing (7)
21 Not, for example, to retreat, but to make progress (3,2)
22 Didn't walk back from the Dorchester (4)
23 Yet a mix-up about rent is made by the legal man (8)

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2 Could be one turn for which no charge is applicable (7)
3 Its root is used for a savoury dish (7)
4 Search trustee when jewel-box is mislaid (8-5)
6 In any setting a record will show some resemblance (7)
7 Haven of rest he turned to about the end of April (7)
8 Left the French back at the entrance (6)
13 Cause fragmentation - it has a shocking effect on the arts (7)
14 Impromptu description of unused glove (7)
15 Not so reluctant to be a mourner (6)
16 The colonist to tolerate the aardvark (7)
17 Sounds as though I spotted something repulsive (7)

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