Cryptic crossword No 1,488
Tue 12 Dec 2023, set byPhantom
Special Instructions: A celebration of all the clue writers this year who finished: 'Leader having lost order, Rome burned and Nero fiddled (6,3)'. Contains clues from a number of different setters, hope they approve of my using their clues - credits in the annotated solutions. Here's to another great year of clue-writing contests in 2024!
Across
- Prepare naan with cumin for Noel or Liam perhaps (9)
- Grumpy co-worker or gleeful? (5)
- Xbox? (6)
- With a chance to hit profits (8)
- Awkward campaigners cannot make quips! (8)
- Fluid wit (6)
- Rep larks about in hot rod? (8)
- Bishop, fully naked, displays bollocks (4)
- Bare cupboard in shed (4)
- Money offered for a modest small home (8)
- Beaker or mug? (6)
- Nova Scotia not so bad for a holiday (8)
- Country inspired by improvisation of poet Zephaniah (8)
- Brand perhaps caught in criminal act (6)
- Elaborate garlands mark fine sporting achievement (5,4)
- Inhabitant of New York, say, wandering near trees (9)
Down
- Broadcast stream to teacher (6)
- 50% of Nissan cars manufactured by US plant (9)
- Gold hidden in defective nuke by heartless American not welcome in Pyongyang, perhaps (2-6)
- Hit one into nothing (4)
- Time to accept New Order's first award (6)
- Waits for one boring quiet cartoon show (9)
- How you might agree your exit strategy, initially (3)
- Create foundation, for example (4-2)
- Hook changing hands to be Captain? (4)
- Morse abandons complicated zero-sum game with figure of speech (6)
- Mysterious winter nut only spoken about (9)
- See 30a
- Joy's persuaded after petition (8)
- Overturn piece of furniture to find prize (6)
- Please stop discrimination (6)
- Criticise Papa Bear (5)
- See 6
- Insect and badger (3)
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