麻豆传媒

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Across

1 Low blood sugar levels compound myopia with achy leg disorder (13)

8 First three referees drop a familiar phrase (7)

9 Branch of mathematics solving 10^x = 99? (5)

10 Most epicarp is amazing (4)

11 Blood vessel from bubbly 鈥� and not completely corrupt 鈥� characters on the extreme left (4, 4)

13 Herb you should start stocking in junk shop (6)

14 Alternately boycott a DVD or book format (6)

17 Tries to get involved with small ecological niche (8)

19 Make changes to inappropriate diet (4)

21 Small marsupials have a square perch (5)

22 Boy, sounds like what we have is a sexist work rate! (3, 4)

23 Individual fool taken into care by old standard of health (4, 4, 5)

Down

1 Arthropod holds off sign of cancer with a lucky charm (9, 4)

2 Arctic birds breathe in a little smoke (7)

3 Equipment in college arboretum (4)

4 Baryon Derek discovered over there (6)

5 Alkaline mixture swaps potassium for carbon bond (8)

6 Graduate publication all over liquid rock (5)

7 Cheaper to X-ray flying dinosaur (13)

12 Sign of hesitation after gravity builds up a head of steam (8)

15 What鈥檚 more, fashion designer turned into a robot (7)

16 Got started on 20 per cent of musculoskeletal test paper (6)

18 Overheard Voltaire opining: 鈥渇or starters, I would like an egg鈥� (5)

20 Opposed to killing female mantis (4)

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