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Cryptic crossword #14

Across

1 Students’ union has zero intelligence (4)

3 Idealists of America welcoming outstanding Scotsman (8)

9 Close your eyes: it’s good to hold on to rubbish (7)

10 Small bone kept in part of Victorian villa (5)

11 Landscape acquiring shape and gravity, creating an atmosphere, perhaps? (12)

13 Panel to cause bewilderment (6)

15 First of strawberries with their usual accompaniment! [Excited sound] (6)

17 Computer scientist injecting nitrogen with sharp object – a decisive moment (7,5)

20 Delayed initial observations near French city (2,3)

21 Sharpness of detective in a large town (7)

22 Strangles software developer after accepting deterioration (8)

23 Time to reverse discharge (4)

Down

1 Carbon structure made of graphene but on a new piece, turned over (8)

2 Cruel, sick, sore (5)

4 Band covered by hill showing sign of Parkinson’s disease (6)

5 Medical book’s unconventional approach includes massaging head and originally encouraged injecting amphetamine (12)

6 Five gripped by a rhythmic movement go forward (7)

7 Sulphur key to mineral (4)

8 Every English hit thrown under vehicle in high radiation zone (3,5,4)

12 May the rebuilt road lead to quartz (8)

14 Mathematician adding natural number, imaginary number, irrational number and set of real numbers (7)

16 At home, hearing precipitation, take a breath (6)

18 Expression of stupid person giving up time for millions (5)

19 Antelope drops round to get filtration device (4)

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