Clues
Across
- 1 Freight vehicle at exit (5)
- 5 State “alternative fact close to denial,” in other words (3)
- 6, 2D Salty, when switching sides about controversial “machine artist” - it goes nowhere (5, 5)
- 7 Listen to Cockneys with this? (3)
- 8 Juicy berries sampled online (5)
Down
- 1 Rookie in charge of third power (5)
- 2 See 6A.
- 3 Green revolutionary type (5)
- 4 Bishop leaving fringe sect (5)
Setter’s notes
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Across
- 1 “Vehicle” = CAR + “exit” = GO — CARGO, “freight”.
- 5 The close of “deniaL” = L + “in other words” = IE — LIE, an alternative fact.
- 6 & 2 Down “Salty” = BRINY, with L and R switched (BLINY), around the controversial “machine artist” DALL-E — BLIND ALLEY.
- 7 “Listen to” = HEAR, as a Cockney would drop the H — EAR.
- 8 Hidden (“sampled”) in “juiCY BERries” — CYBER, “online”.
Down
- 1 “Rookie” = CUB + “in charge” = IC — CUBIC, the third power.
- 3 An anagram (“revolutionary”) of GREEN — GENRE, “type”.
- 4 “Fringe” = BORDER, with “bishop” = B leaving — ORDER, “sect”.