Crossword by Boffles

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No.222

Across

1 Spirit of a monastic order? (11)

7 Outsize chap founded Turkish dynasty (5)

8 Parfit gentil knight and Holy Grail seeker (7)

10 Tutankhamun and Cleopatra were (8)

11 Continent like artificial intelligence backwards (4)

13 Intense fear some films aim to inspire (6)

15 Fruity brandy (6)

17 Cromwell had a new model one (4)

18 Heavenly food (8)

21 Young child and stroller (7)

22 It’s not final till you feel this, as they say in the record industry (5)

23 When you resolve to do better (3,5,3)

Down

1 Organ failure resulting from the loss of a beloved? (6,5)

2 Someone not keen on local development (5)

3 Party people make a gift (8)

4 French area famous for its spirit (6)

5 ‘What ….. from beauty spring’ Johnson (4)

6 Site of the temple of Artemis visited by Paul (7)

9 Deadly hot US depression (5,6)

12 The Nile or the Amazon, for example (3,5)

14 Month of fasting for certain believers (7)

16 Come out – not just from the closet (6)

19 Clerical meeting (5)

20 Female act defect (4)

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