Bite-sized cryptic #3: Discount Jewelry
A themeless 9×9 cryptic.
I have added titles to all the crosswords. These are not themes, but references to a clue in each puzzle to make it easier to remember which is which.
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Discount Jewelry
Across
| 1 | Bad odds can be escaped (9) |
| 6 | Blue diamonds over thirty percent off. Thirty! (5) |
| 7 | End of quotations with originally incorrect content! (3) |
| 8 | Tesla introduces car with stripped trunk and "the end of unnecessary redundancy" (9) |
| 10 | Scaffolding keeps turning askew (3) |
| 11 | Notes cycling back intro (5) |
| 13 | Saturday's Times leaves in static content (9) |
Down
| 1 | Uncle becomes drama's lead character in casting interviews for extras (9) |
| 2 | An address with northbound trains at regular intervals (3) |
| 3 | Contradictory statements initially overflow variables before satellites orbit right (9) |
| 4 | Unearthing very scratched club (5) |
| 5 | Bemoan and point: "shed's half cracked" (9) |
| 9 | Inappropriate having Fahrenheit dividing Celsius, say (5) |
| 12 | Essentially sulking inside is about to work out, in a way (3) |
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