Crossword by Boffles

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No.230

Across

1 Slump down or fail (4)

3 Journalist on a boat seat blocked (8)

9 Brave man lies in small bed for a smoke (7)

10 Declare invalid without a magazine (5)

11 Commercial gent with bits on the side? (3,2,7)

14 Short day (3)

16 23ac of credit (5)

17 You will be trampled on if you are a door one (3)

18 Race to win a gilet jaune (4,2,6)

21 Leave Dalmatian city (5)

22 Can be hard, blue, Swiss or smelly, for example (7)

23 Facing or reverse (8)

24 ‘I was ….. to the blind’ The Bible (4)

Down

1 Much protection given by a Carnival one? (4,4)

2 Cinema showing classics? (5)

4 What you keep secrets under (3)

5 Top rated power source (3,9)

6 Outburst from so much French drink (7)

7 Artist found in Irish Parliament? Surreal! (4)

8 Associates worsted by union supporters (12)

12 Story with a moral or tall (5)

13 Emphasises pressures of life (8)

15 Slut created by author with no English (7)

19 23ac of nice (5)

20 Order awarded the anti-social at court (4)

22 14ac on the 17ac (3)

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