A cryptic crossword by David Anderson
Written April 21, 2003 on a plane from NYC to SFO

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ACROSS:

1) Note: in opening, find anew
7) Pours out, bashes around western state
9) Show devil lacks his tail
11) Latin here sounds provincial
12) Ceremony invests 500 in prophet
13) Nutrient mass is collar to the ear
14) Bundle around grand roll
16) Snitch on north curve
17) Lessen stick in first vowels
19) Spanish aunt Carrera
20) Agrees to no bad grades
22) Bush's third concerning projectile from the right merchants
23) Statement of selfless awareness

DOWN:

2) Chip eastern frost
3) Reputation is not a major event, at first
4) Univalent group: your present in Loop train
5) Fixtures to work aliens
6) With abandon, insert 11th and 12th letters in "concave region"
7) Dig up red tins I ordered
8) Dealer's device sounds like "scat".
9) Full back has popular stops
10) Body part in major gang
14) Miscreant sausage, for short
15) A grain nut
18) Portend home without opening
21) End shifted lair

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