Across
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LA Times first with leader on silly municipal regulations (6)
4
Father Ted’s Jewish counterpart went on? (8)
9
This restaurant’ll advertise tasty tapenades, olives, ricotta – Italian antipasti – you’ll want the starters! (9)
11
Plain and somewhat porcellanous (5)
12
One rambling, greeting king and queen once (5)
14
Powerful scent: a billionaire’s characteristic? (9)
15
Small Houyhnhnm, one hiding actual intentions? (8-5)
18
An entrée with cured cod announced where soldiers get fit? (7,6)
20
Many like a society without aristocrats (9)
22
Replace a partner’s copper vessel (3,2)
23
Outcast’s check rejected (5)
24
Exotic tanginess getting act of approval (9)
Down
1
Most of rear end and pecs area is maximally macho (8)
2
We’re told of shelter in a field (3)
3
Kit swears wildly, has fun on a lake? (5-4)
5
Irrational, as the nastiest numbers? (13)
6
Modern experimental facility sent back curry (5)
7
Swap short amount of time – about time! – for confidential info (5,6)
8
Most of words rejected; Everyman’s beginning to get tired (6)
10
In sum, I might be one of these? (5,8)
13
City playing United, twice – plural – a matey kickaround, at first (5,6)
16
No coal tar involved in type of surgery (4,5)
17
Green tea brewed for youngster (8)
19
Carry, with difficulty, a little kitsch leprechaun (6)
21
Kind of song that brings illumination (5)
25
Sit fast, regularly dismissing uncertainties (3)