Across
Basic Swiss cheese Mike cut for the French (9)
Papers, I see, love part of the US (5)
Game bird or chicken might do this (5)
What one may do to cloth softly on doctor (3-6)
Member of nonet in desert in outskirts of El Paso (5)
Curse spread about trip abroad in religious writing (9)
Drink before sporting fixture in Ascot? (7)
Steal from credit card, and request gear for heist (3,4)
Little horseman's time after work (9)
Offspring's hand put in tin (5)
Removing article from wrapping is rude (9)
Number in wintertime roughly cut bread (5)
A fish out of river at right angles to a vessel (5)
A man excited about Heather's Budweiser, bourbon and Twinkies? (9)
Down
Ginger cat is a character Alice encounters (3,5)
TV channel in an uplifted state (6)
Inventor disheartened to get sick (4)
Question and hint: what may clean ears in 2 or 10? (1-3)
Artist's material for sculpting picked up (4)
Sees chop is grilled with ribs (10)
Terrible Russian brought up copper and coating of lamina for incense boat (8)
Agreed I will cut eggs - a raw, green sort (6)
Off making an ascent, not caught in dicey position (3,2,1,4)
Some enormous keg going in part of boat (5)
Another exam, one taken in break (5)
Socialist's troops eating small pieces variously seen in this grid (8)
Large struggles by family in 'Succession' drama (4,4)
One dam protecting another in German city (6)
Flier has a minute to infiltrate Asian land (6)
Intelligence about soldiers in recent warzone (4)
European in need of right anorak (4)
Conservative guy's house across the pond (4)
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