The Independent Crossword Answers December 14, 2023

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Across

Flâneur openly taking in his surroundings, presumably EUROPE
New recruits mostly speak without thinking to begin with CONVERTS
Recordings of United overwhelmed by Barcelona’s cheers AUDIOS
Reptile in trap to wriggle round here after shedding skin TERRAPIN
Crew have to abandon second ship POSSE
Shoots, flowers, evergreen, peace at last OPENSFIRE
Parrot not quite as dead as a dodo? EMULATE
Olympians possibly left out of medals GODS
Try to find someone faithful using phone SEEK
Throw out swimmer moving back to front EMANATE
Dreadful private school grad with debts stuck outside No 10 OBNOXIOUS
Letter from Rolling Stone clutched by woman now and then OMEGA
Network when in lofty surroundings – might an icebreaker be useful there? ATLANTIC
Just about out of debt, with a few coins AFLOAT
Sending water away, ordered red again – or a dear gin? DRAINAGE
Inscrutable setter’s met with a lot of criticism MYSTIC

Down

Cases of old politician popping into drinks EXAMPLES
Comes through or, alternatively, is routed RIDESOUT
Battering ram opened front PROMENADE
Exaggerate somewhat, in more ways than one OVEREGG
Upwardly mobile clergyman going to a load of balls in Pride and Prejudice? VERBS
Republican instead of Democrat returned – fix! REPAIR
It’s seventy feet but only one metre SONNET
A flat for one some singleton’s flipped NOTE
Insect to go slowly and then go quickly DRAGONFLY
Amateur match official wearing protective gear – or not BAREFOOT
Perhaps it means, roughly, about meaning SEMANTIC
Wise man wrapping present KNOWING
Trouble with flies? A&E fixed up nether region EAST
Playwright crouched down to audience COWARD
See 21 EAST
Element of social media site nobody backed XENON