Cryptic crossword No 1,430
Sun 12 Nov 2023, set byChameleon
Special Instructions: A version of this was published in 2021. Please forgive my 28a
Across
- Perhaps 13,25 mascot inspires someone from club (one on a certain board?) (9)
- Captain describing goalless game as appropriate (2-3)
- Artist's spouse entertained by one-liner? On the contrary (7)
- Ex-director of 13,25 taking one drug after another with half of team (7,7)
- Preacher has rapture expunged from religious book (3)
- Back to West Ham arena in burst of reddish-purple colour (11)
- Football team managed by cracking fans clad in new design (10,3)
- City's rivals briefly subbing European for American in list (4)
- Dutch goalkeeper turning away Dublin from the box (4)
- Singers with pints accepting everything getting commercial (10)
- Hitchcock film playing game with North by Northwest (3,5,3)
- See 13
- Something added to record as a result of title (7)
- Trainer calls for doctor, getting more unwell (7)
- Mischievous bit of self-indulgence (5)
- Scrambled yell regularly put me in goal (9)
Down
- Breaking record somehow, semi-pro's made up (9)
- See 10a
- Kitman trained with side, being part of defence? (8,8)
- This may clear things up: ultimately, same name gets confusing! (5)
- Side playing against a certain 10 to go through flipping fast (2,7)
- Songs from crowd Hazard heard (6)
- Supposedly wise Cockney’s moan over social media interaction (3-4)
- Argument in which our opponents get a point (5)
- League make Bale bust which you can pick up (9)
- Precariously positioned in due course, having lost 1-0, sadly (9)
- See 3
- Man in the Mirror overlooking wingers in decent German XI (7)
- Supporter from the other end grabbing crossword setter's shoulder pad (7)
- Private room with towel for old linesman (6)
- Cliché in introduction to Ted Lasso? (5)
- Frenchman and head coach oddly disregarded red (5)
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