Cryptic crossword No 2,097
Mon 18 Nov 2024, set bybuddy
Special Instructions: Appears as #553 in Big Dave's Rookie Corner
Across
- Determined to be first man with a new Tesla (7)
- Finding fermented cider in Vermont (7)
- I reverse the charges, turning real stingy (9)
- Piece of farm that is empty land? (5)
- Monkey smashed china cup (8)
- Air filter (6)
- Southern woman again changing partners for hanky-panky (11)
- Jimmy accepts a compliment (6)
- Initially, confused old man acted calm (8)
- Singers knocked back port after church (5)
- American mentor and European noble mostly rotating duties (9)
- Peacekeepers in uniform at centre of kitschy parades (7)
- Unfair to shun quiet craftsman (7)
Down
- Pudding of pureed apricot: recipe omitted hint of allspice (7)
- Career from start to finish: boring government work (6)
- Grill lawyers over copper involved in endless argument (8)
- Bird has sailor and fighter gripped by depression (9)
- Kelvin, losing both knights, playing terribly (4)
- Oracle reported net income (6)
- With exasperation, strike first of stinging bugs (8)
- Boss starts to encourage new training for apprentice (7)
- Using two eyes, see wild lion cub with a scrap of rhino (9)
- Overseas, on a layover, devouring periodical (8)
- Suitable program on old station (8)
- State agent takes back fine diamonds (7)
- Loving a party band (7)
- Maroon thread (6)
- Climbing mountains with extremes of strength on display (6)
- Recoiling inside, regrets a casual fling (4)
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