Cryptic crossword No 1,865
Thu 11 Jul 2024, set byjuff
Special Instructions: [Edited by Dob Olino. Thanks, Dob!]
Across
- Turned head away to see something unique (3-3)
- Reindexing scalar components is a source of trouble (6)
- Fire—one stretching from one end of the east coast to the other (5)
- Move swiftly around a German in the rear (6)
- In the show "Homeland," Danes using chlorine gas die at the end (6)
- The king is in danger, Central European said (5)
- Cleric and rabbi on vacation, visiting east side of Budapest (6)
- Quiet person who doesn't have enough cash to "make it rain" (6)
- Call for spirits when last portions of booze are consumed (3)
- Needing lotion even more if clerk goes topless (6)
- Sharp academic identified Icelandic borders (6)
- Twelve inches to the back (3)
- Hemingway enters in a different way (6)
- Excellent East European catching up (6)
- Echo-y voice: "It's a jump to the left" (5)
- Bad mood infecting grandmaster's sponsor (6)
- A little down, lacking energy and pop (6)
- Writer of plays seemingly penned by committee, blatantly repulsive (5)
- One in distress beginning to drink beer? Not true! (6)
- Teacher is seen in a compromising position (6)
- The reels overtaking Instagram? Makes you figure (5)
Down
- Make beloved American football player put on part of an elf costume? (6)
- Take off the first part of bulky weight (6)
- Coffee is brewed, losing zero temperature as a result (6)
- King announced disasters (6)
- When I aim at the face, say "Cheese!" (6)
- Leading House member to give deception about gold reserves from the outset (6)
- Watch staff in pavilion (6)
- Playwright using gastrointestinal disorder borders on exploitation (5)
- Wakes up from acceleration in flight taking off (5)
- Thai-Kuwaiti dual citizen making poetry, possibly... (5)
- ...as western nation—one in South America—reduces carbon (5)
- Nebraska maintains support for the patriarchy? (3)
- Unending vow to supply grain (3)
- Sweetheart returns, checking into standard or substandard lodging (7)
- Wind up drinking orange juice and wine (5)
- Awards earned by computing right-left symmetries using only the left side (5)
- Story about mother's tradition in Christmas dinner (6)
- Extremely sensible feasts being prepared (6)
- Don's mattress losing volume at the top (3,2)
- Town official has to turn sharply to the north, then east (5)
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