Cryptic December 20, 2023 Answers

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Cryptic Crossword No. 11,604 by Umpire posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Across Clues

• Pungent plant women like a bit short
• Gather fruit that’s come back
• Child of Elizabeth II on small and sweet horse
• Flatten a large adult bear? Apparently not!
• Think about female inspired by right to vote
• Killing leaves bar on edge
• Cut corners with oil prepared in device for speedy vehicles
• Excited to follow series of matches good man approved
• How much is it worth at the banks in Japanese money?
• Unleavened bread atop dish of fermented milk
• Deliberately ignore a short recording about love
• Perhaps give knife to a boy to cut through half of meat spread
• Outline of religious books removed from containers in tatters
• Type of red cabbages eaten regularly in some establishments for starters

Down Clues

• Cautious to let in leaders of the enemy, being weak
• Storage space of quiet mischievous being
• Dictator’s to outlaw green cloth garment
• Love cycling the world
• Soldier’s call-up following letter from abroad written by King
• Smitten with awful demeanour?
• Sometimes badger a kid playing in wind
• Perhaps bluffers got involved in robberies, wiping out hotel
• Offspring in the vicinity of house initially left embracing in snug place
• Large sword could scratch, says Spooner
• Father’s participating in very small sin
• Layer of eastern porcelain broken by daughter
• In the afternoon, ultimately come across one smoking sausage, maybe
• Remove borders from flag outside old section of building
• For a stretch, Saharan imbibed rainwater from these
• Striped creature over here eating kelp and plankton primarily