Beeston u3a Feb 2025

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Across
  1. 2. Police officers begin exploring wooded area (5)
  2. 4. Difficult assignment from High Command (4,5)
  3. 7. Artist trapped in latched, damaged place of worship (()
  4. 9. Nerd runs away from native of Athens perhaps (4)
  5. 11. Train Bill to become scintillating (9)
  6. 13. Various flares needed by the company out of doors (2,6)
  7. 15. Judge cooked rarebit (7)
  8. 16. Developed sea legs, apparently never growing old (7)
  9. 18. It's not difficult to talk first of a shebeen (9)
  10. 19. Race into revised production (8)
Down
  1. 1. Bad people trim off pig's feet (7)
  2. 3. Look at Home Counties around end of June (3)
  3. 5. Left the day before with latitude to get even (5)
  4. 6. Nobleman given award for part of organ (7)
  5. 8. Put down face up (4)
  6. 9. Laggard's fancy, fancy clothing (4,4)
  7. 10. Endless animal hunting expedition from a distance (4)
  8. 12. Absentee? Mostly loyal worker (6)
  9. 14. A hindrance to the production of best coal? (8)
  10. 17. Portly bishops hold the prophetess back! (5)
  11. 20. Thanks college for income (7)