Advent 2022: #20

Advent 2022: #20

By Elgel

Holiday place boxmen sat, old to us (3)

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5	Capital riot clip is fuzzy; can't see Charlie (7) TRIPOLI. (RIOTCLIP-C)*
7	One's leaving pen for relative (3) BRO. BiRO
8	Surrounds roast in grease initially (5) RINGS. RInGs: Roast In Grease
9	Nothing interrupts Turk, not even tempest (5) STORM. sTORm: O in TuRk
10	Regularly cleared out puerile graffiti, perhaps (5) MURAL. mURaL: pUeRiLe
12	Cook's goddess (5) FREYA. FReYa: DD
13	One's counterpart to 7 (3) SIS. sIs: I
14	Predict putting 2 and 2 together on radio (7) FORESEE. FOResee: Hom. of FOUR

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Down

1	Furthest behind time to decay (9) STERNMOST. sTeRnmOsT: T + ROT
2	Cuts down garden, avoiding tail of nighttime predator (4) MOWS. mOWs: OWl
3	Helps rising detective (4) AIDS. aIDs: DI<
4	With love overriding you, scare off those putting up with you (9) ROOMMATES. ROOmmaTes: ROUT w/ U->O
6	Leaves out vigorous section (7) IGNORES. IGnORes: vIGORous
7	Bad smell precedes soldiers' cohort (7) BOOMERS. BOOmeRs: BO + OR
11	Poor foil, with unnecessary pops, perhaps (2-2) LO-FI. (FOIL)*
12	Classical element of tree (4) FIRE. FIRe: DD

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