Cryptic crossword No 1,724
Mon 22 Apr 2024, set byFlush
Special Instructions: Spoiler in comments...
Across
- Material girl almost contains outburst (7)
- One of Fagin's crew perhaps, staggering with flanks cut (6)
- Arousing old flame by giving credit where it’s due (8)
- Last couple of wives gleefully carry on with third-party arrangement (6)
- Sidekick’s energised following award, becoming presenter (4,8)
- Reluctant father returns to provide support for a short time (10)
- Make choice for operation time (3)
- Rumpelstiltskin perhaps is irreverent, forsaking promises (3)
- She reached out for pecorino say (4,6)
- Doctor hid; cry "come to surgery!" (12)
- Measure of Kashmiri tisane leading to inflamed ring (6)
- It’s in the DNA of depraved couple (4,4)
- Bill, be consistent (4-2)
- Bring joy to Gauss; burdened over crux of geodesy (7)
Down
- Final word from morning nurse (4)
- Sprain is essentially Kubrickian (4)
- Release contract for toilets with natural base (3,5)
- Shrewd and pleasant in North East (5)
- Curtis’ composition is simple and charming (6)
- It's said Egyptian god manages fortune tellers... (10)
- ...sometimes without rod apparently (3,3,4)
- Daemon wickedly whined (6)
- Oddly lacking, sad nitwit stoic, finally is reluctant to make chit-chat (10)
- Review of mishandled penis tonic (10)
- Partially breach a letting for cottage (6)
- Mythical creature's hair came undone (8)
- One falsehood in mean environment (6)
- Imitate middlingly and chew up accent (5)
- Smooth and basic (4)
- Physical strength comes from lifting seaweed (4)
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