RBM Crossword 73

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  1. 5. Surname of ABC presenter (pictured) James who has announced his retirement after more than 30 years on radio, having been treated for cancer (9)
  2. 7. The Rod Laver Tennis Club, 1,900 kilometres away from the 15,000-seat Rod Laver arena in Melbourne, maintains a precious clay court built 80 years ago by Roy Laver for his tennis-mad sons, including future legend Rod. In which town? (11)
  3. 9. The Crown Prince of which European country, Marius Borg Høiby (who's sister Princess Ingrid Alexandra is studying at Sydney Uni) will stand trial on a slew of extremely serious offences this week (6)
  4. 13. First name of Mountain Pride presenter (5)
  5. 16. Someone who takes on authority without being elected or officially designated (4-9)
  6. 18. Victorian state secretary for One Nation Bianca Colecchia has been condemned for filming strangers walking around Melbourne's CBD on New Year's Eve and asking viewers to "spot the . . what?” (9)
  7. 21. Which English Premier League team walks out to "Glad All Over" a song by The Dave Clark Five? (7,6)
  8. 23. No quantity or number; nought; the figure 0 (4)
  9. 24. US Army slang for a wife who insists on being addressed by her husbands rank (7)
Down
  1. 1. A specific period of time consisting of 365 days (4)
  2. 2. Taking too much for granted (12)
  3. 3. To reject or prohibit something, often used in a political context to prevent a decision from being made that one disagrees with (4)
  4. 4. To shout loudly and forcefully (4)
  5. 6. United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is better known as (3)
  6. 8. To involuntarily open one’s mouth wide and take a deep breath due to tiredness or boredom (4)
  7. 10. Spanish professional tennis player who won the men's Australian Open singles final on Sunday (6,7)
  8. 11. Aryna Sabalenka the current world No. 1 in women's tennis lost the AO Final to world No. 3 Elena Rybakina in how many sets? (5)
  9. 12. This car radio retailer started in Western Sydney used to ask us to "Drive in and jive away" (11)
  10. 14. To hit or strike, often used in a humorous or exaggerated context, (4)
  11. 15. Number of hours a 13-year-old boy swam through rough water off WA's South West on Friday to raise the alarm after his family were swept out to sea on inflatable paddle boards (4)
  12. 17. Famous 1980's US anti-drug advertising campaign championed by Nancy Reagan to discourage children from using illegal drugs (4,3,2)
  13. 19. Slang name for a US Marine (7)
  14. 20. Hawaiian word used when greeting or parting from someone (5)
  15. 22. First name of Sonic Sounds presenter (6)
  16. 23. An exclamation that imitates the sound of something moving swiftly (4)