Crossword by Boffles

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No.276

Across

1 City – can also be united (10)

7 Black female men need to avoid (5)

8 Crowd controller makes you weep (4,3)

10 Discredited government procurement policy (3)

11 Duke who travelled many a royal mile (9)

13 How the gilded are covered (2,4)

14 Baby not yet delivered (6)

17 River crossing educational establishment (9)

19 Father figure of endless art movement? (3)

20 German way to go (7)

22 Support non-performer (5)

23 Leaves that adorn noble heads (10)

Down

1 Hardy crowd (7)

2 Replacement croupier a fan of FDR (3,6)

3 Attractive girl with bottle? (6)

4 Ask about music (3)

5 Writ large composer (5)

6 Tower prisoners – Sussex and 17ac? (3,7)

9 ‘If …… …..are the happiest days of your life, I’m hanging myself with my skip-rope tonight’ Jackie Kennedy (6,4)

12 Something you need to dodge, monsieur (6,3)

15 Trotskyite formation (3,4)

16 Modifying word like fully (6)

18 Be deserving of its order (5)

21 Water that can be red or black (3)

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