Cryptic crossword No 1,824
Sun 16 Jun 2024, set byNewington
Special Instructions: A follow-up to https://mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/189
Across
- Castro issues arrest of three in Haiti (5)
- You've got the facts a bit backwards (4)
- Posted in south-east Australian state (4)
- Hearing aids provided by US social work (8)
- Member of new religious movement that is based on sudden revelation (6)
- Lady's enemy retreats from this (6)
- More unhappy, loud arguing overheard in the vicinity (8)
- They blast footballer in annoying ways (11)
- We brought back a bird and half a toy to take genetic sample (3,3,2)
- Gift storybooks (6)
- No-good rude git insulting scholar (6)
- Competent explorer trapped—lovely! (8)
- Parks car in middle of road at first, then reverses around bend (4)
- Test returns: extremely high on drugs (4)
- Airline altered trip—that's not on (5)
Down
- It destroys love with primal efficiency and ruthlessness (7)
- My old George's room (2,2)
- Spicy stuff from island that time forgot (4)
- A bird in the hand for Jarvis, reported disproportionately (4,8)
- Not enthusiastic, but still working (7)
- Bad actor gets flowing curls done (9)
- Unused fleets made with non-treated metal (7,5)
- Majestic song's overwhelming sad ending—touching hearts like these? (9)
- Almost overlook fake item (5)
- Setter can be solver's best friend (4,3)
- Swell's trendy apartment on Eastside (7)
- A long way away, back in Trafalgar (4)
- Sanity half gone after a stretch (4)
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