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ACROSS

  • 1
    Slaughters large number - mixed races (9)
  • 8
    Five, that is, are in competition (3)
  • 9
    Class status of communal weighing device (6,5)
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  • 11
    Determination needed to do the puzzle again? (7)
  • 12
    Send ball in the air by ante-room (5)
  • 13
    It may assume airs when plucked (6)
  • 15
    Its square is gross (6)
  • 17
    Stripes showing guerrilla leader in rank (5)
  • 18
    Furniture for ministers? (7)
  • 20
    Tidy arrangement for writing in priest's office? (11)
  • 22
    Reduction of share? (3)
  • 23
    Tolerant and apparently leaving without difficulty (4-5)
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  • 1 Slaughters large number - mixed races (9)
  • 8 Five, that is, are in competition (3)
  • 9 Class status of communal weighing device (6,5)
  • 11 Determination needed to do the puzzle again? (7)
  • 12 Send ball in the air by ante-room (5)
  • 13 It may assume airs when plucked (6)
  • 15 Its square is gross (6)
  • 17 Stripes showing guerrilla leader in rank (5)
  • 18 Furniture for ministers? (7)
  • 20 Tidy arrangement for writing in priest's office? (11)
  • 22 Reduction of share? (3)
  • 23 Tolerant and apparently leaving without difficulty (4-5)

DOWN

  • 2
    Fuss for some head of state (3)
  • 3
    Take advantage of one in molten rock thrown up (5)
  • 4
    Stopped moving colour round poor set (6)
  • 5
    What the bird presumably does to its food (7)
  • 6
    Topple because of surplus, perhaps (11)
  • 7
    Be sorry about changed month for compensation (9)
  • 10
    The chairman's decider about the choice of actors? (7,4)
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  • 11
    Defender returning immediately? (5,4)
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  • 14
    Shorten a way over (7)
  • 16
    Makes quite a lot in game? (6)
  • 19
    Fetch bighead with telephone call (5)
  • 21
    Making best of bet is evil! (3)
  • 2 Fuss for some head of state (3)
  • 3 Take advantage of one in molten rock thrown up (5)
  • 4 Stopped moving colour round poor set (6)
  • 5 What the bird presumably does to its food (7)
  • 6 Topple because of surplus, perhaps (11)
  • 7 Be sorry about changed month for compensation (9)
  • 10 The chairman's decider about the choice of actors? (7,4)
  • 11 Defender returning immediately? (5,4)
  • 14 Shorten a way over (7)
  • 16 Makes quite a lot in game? (6)
  • 19 Fetch bighead with telephone call (5)
  • 21 Making best of bet is evil! (3)


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