Cryptic crossword No 1,968
Mon 9 Sep 2024, set byMethuselah
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Special Instructions: Originally appeared in the Independent 16/02/23. Republished with kind permission.
Across
- Beefeaters possibly replacing ravens with corgi after government cut (10)
- Where film will end up, sooner or later (8)
- Jazz quartet occasionally ripped off Kind of Blue (5)
- Top gangster got that woman to collect notes from minor triad (9)
- Gripped by Beatlemania, geriatric recalled Get Back (6)
- Royal property unequally divided between Regan and Cordelia (7)
- Crew member gets more than one flyer to put away a bit of technology (9)
- One joins transgressive act that's a bit disgusting (5)
- To begin with, analyst claimed that erotic dynamic was in play? (5)
- Stars from BGT are repeatedly manipulated (5,4)
- Fellow with a blush in animation (7)
- Fetched bad actor on location for Batman (6)
- Sham leader is out of control (9)
- Regular features in tabloid describing more of the same from Simon Mayo (5)
- See 6
- Mean person putting move on ice after budget (10)
Down
- Dognapper ultimately snatched Dalmatian for one? (4)
- Stir up arguments in speech (5)
- Things unfortunately getting heated up in Room 101 (7)
- Not completely mature, but turning over a new leaf? (5)
- Endless send-up on organised religion shows persistence (9)
- He's bald, no? Perhaps – but she's this (3-6)
- King with valuable resource acting neutral about fresh conflict (6,3)
- Crews on either side of English river (6)
- Pricklier British fiction hidden within covers of bestseller by American (9)
- I miss a lot when drunk or very high (9)
- Swimmer's called inconsiderate when putting beginners off (9)
- Potentially hammer frames for delicate, fragile art (6)
- Startled criminal drops back on all fours (7)
- Green vegan jam sandwiches (5)
- Single person who'll never settle down caught bouquet (5)
- Booze store making Methuselah's head spin (4)
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