Cryptic crossword No 2,205
Sat 4 Jan 2025, set byHalen
5
Across
- Company will start paying police officer (3)
- Formerly target around 6 broken souls with no end in sight (10)
- Unlocks old enclosures (5)
- Keeping imprisonment rule covers up an early sign of discrimination (9)
- "Having sexual desire LOL, making love to you!" Then received rude text comment (7)
- 'Rare Elephant Very Endangered!' starts going round fake news with ease (7)
- End relations get-togethers when they tell you it's off (10,5)
- Swat Lieu without experience for starters; goes bad at trial (7)
- Feeling of hostility after cross kid lies (7)
- Is employed at IHOP, mostly supervising, first were in garages (9)
- Not cut out for Farad in military division (5)
- Lacking sense of being private (3,2,5)
- Never ever (To some extent) do a short cycle (3)
Down
- Ho's cello flows creatively by classmates (13)
- Movie scenes agitates (6)
- Road trip stopover points at Dog River's Old Lodge spot, on the street at one on Saturday (6,8)
- Gallery 'The Oddball' left nothing, so it's said (6)
- Most bland, pail, askew birdhouse (8)
- Impersonate dads' son since (4,3)
- Reediting Nori's artful indoor decor (8,6)
- With all context given according to investigative imprisoning (2,11)
- Cry about raised set blackout (5,3)
- Gross out every second of Adrien's little association with churning guts (7)
- Thrown skyward, moving above as a result (6)
- Brief elected figure (6)
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