Crossword by Boffles

No.303

Across

1 Drink you get from a fountain? (7)

5 Bores can be sometimes (5)

8 As a rule of thumb, travel for free (9)

9 Land of the Free (3)

10 ‘This Englishwoman is so refined, She has no ,,,, and no behind’ Smith (5)

12 Antithesis of 5dn (7)

13 Black Friday fan (7,6)

15 Parisian hippy colony? (7)

17 Fighters are at an aerodrome (5)

19 Much hilarity on the internet (3)

20 Its waters bore the flotilla when it lay at Mandalay (9)

22 River source of civilisation (5)

23 Mr Meghan or Ed Sheeran, perhaps (7)

Down

1 Indian master (5)

2 Latin is almost best (3)

3 Kingdom full of arty types? (7)

4 Test method combining legal process with fault (5,3,5)

5 Hardback (5)

6 Blondes’ opposition (9)

7 Vicar found in power plant after embracing atom first (7)

11 Sort of eggs ordered to take off (9)

13 Partially sick bacteria (7)

14 Unyielding like an unused violin (7)

16 Sensible drinkers watch their’s (5)

18 Nymph found when father includes line (5)

21 Unknown American John (3)

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