Cryptic crossword No 117
Mon 21 Jun 2021, set bySheepish
Special Instructions: Some clue enumerations are wrong. They should be: 13A (5,4); 21A (2,6); 8D (8,5)
Across
- Provided with money, director initially takes over from head of studio so film is prepared for overseas markets. (6)
- Part of Yorkshire agrees with party turning to the left. (6)
- Country’s leader leaves for continental boundary. (4)
- The smallest bit of dirt is dealt with. So I hear; so I see! (10)
- Thief goes back to get new equipment. (6)
- Murder detectives burst into house, arresting one. (8)
- Representative cycles in uniform, like Michael Caine perhaps? (9)
- Gibbon declined to provide promise. (4)
- See 1d
- Detective work cracked ecstasy hustling. (9)
- Californian male gets part way through dance in Spain. (8)
- Some pitying clergy pay back, in part, singers with bills. (6)
- Good cooks get excited about supermarket, coming back to girl who gets the best options in the end. (10)
- Seat in Livorno election overturned (4)
- Camera captures a bear. (6)
- A source of gold perhaps encrusted with diamonds, held dear. (6)
Down
- Confused, Rupert asked where bear’s from. (7,4)
- He knows how to get basic requirements – a bit of bread, potatoes. (5)
- Record store with new novel caste (7)
- Many a head slips down to last part of word. (6)
- Sin ensnares senior cop sheltering leader of kidnappers, leading to a display of remorse. (9)
- Paid broke bore (7)
- Often found between Italian sheets, supporter of cinematic equality changes day to morning and cues a shot. (13)
- Busy garden lad decorated with flowers. (9)
- Dandy’s top wearing cobalt cape? Quite the contrary! (7)
- Without explanation, leave Arizona for Oregon border, naturally. (7)
- Down and out drunk answers Rupert’s question! (7)
- Scouser crooned for a monster by the sea (6)
- Little Bear’s brightest spot is not at Earth’s extremes. (5)
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