Cryptic crossword No 1,455
Sun 26 Nov 2023, set byAmoeba
Special Instructions: This puzzle first appeared at the October 2023 Sloggers & Betters meetup
Across
- Unwell, or better than expected? (5,3)
- Clay kiln managed to hold a duck (6)
- Dodgy second judge removed (4)
- Strangely rude, mean, and offensive, essentially? (10)
- Clergyman picked up gun (6)
- Find dance rather lacking in the end (8)
- After expert's ignored, spacesuit is prepared for exercises (3-3)
- Pavilion oddly glad of hosting Madchester star making a comeback (6)
- Rum cut with a dash of lemon makes you choke (8)
- Former reservists retiring without decoration (6)
- Bung finance worker the Libor, ultimately (10)
- Take part in sports to get an unfair advantage? (4)
- Eat too much pastry after back's thrown out by painful condition (3,3)
- Minor firms force leaders to introduce changes (8)
Down
- Warning signs as rose perhaps wilts (3,5)
- Revered cyclist protecting Lance at first (4)
- Rise after you heard vessel being filled with port (6)
- Newlywed needs doctor to go back inside for sedative (7)
- Trouble moving after a family served up top-notch stew at regular intervals (8)
- European method stops revolutions - others should follow their lead (4,6)
- Boat somewhat drab, I remember (6)
- I'll pass out on ground after admitting adultery when half-cut (2,5,3)
- Boxers covering up degenerate tattoos (8)
- Obscene rap video too highly rewarded (8)
- Clever dictator reserves judgement (7)
- He leaves the Big Smoke to travel north, becoming very sad (6)
- Woman in the creek swam out of sight occasionally (6)
- Does river run? (4)
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