Cryptic crossword No 1,463
Fri 1 Dec 2023, set byRawspand
Special Instructions: Another loose and occasionally stretched theme. Although this one really ought to have been tighter...
Across
- Whip round for old sport? (4)
- Comes across weirdly stern on cue (10)
- Squeezes sailors on board ship (6)
- Secret panels, or refurbished? (8)
- Picked a pocket? Caught in dead end (3-2-3)
- Catch other half coming back without a hint of remorse (6)
- Be careful among swarm in distress (4)
- Declines season's first kissers (5)
- Bows to battle over losing pawn (4)
- Headless chickens around animal house about to have a cat nap (6)
- Dance party Dad taking eyes off risk, playing field (8)
- Following immediately on top of things after present (8)
- Open to debate in quiet flat (6)
- Classic bee formation nearby (10)
- Demand medicine for kids without a Teletubby! (4)
Down
- Ending councils no worse for wear (10)
- Not on edge and dispassionate, ends up insulted (8)
- Puts a stop to luggage carrying ecstasy (6)
- Misbehaves, scratching sailor's backside after couple of pints in cabin (8)
- Custom for sits occasionally, for maximum effort (6)
- A relative of rocker who's driving home for Christmas for space? (4)
- Endless space around eclipse (3)
- Go up a tree and caught on branch (5)
- Meticulously arrange an exhibition in modelled clay (10)
- Most expensive pee tests defective (8)
- Access software bug (8)
- Uncovered an element of snide nepotism coming back (6)
- Lean over, eyestrain, losing focus? Pay attention! (6)
- Every cycling ache! (4)
- Arrest made from nearby every now and then (3)
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