Cryptic crossword No 2,922
Special Instructions: A crossword for practitioners of English-style church bell change ringing
Across
- Count working bell in second place in a London Royal Variety performance? (6,3)
- One in 7 is wonderful (11)
- 11 and its neighbour are dodgy belters (7)
- Greek character's rampant lions hunting to the back (7)
- Sally is tied to this in game with a loosened nut (4)
- Handy wool is twisted in no particular way (3,3,3)
- Going full circle, hear "Go!" and melt in the earth's heat! (10)
- Commits serious crime as is late at backstroke (5,2)
- Firmer chisel produces top-quality German wheels (4)
- Accustom beginners to ingesting notation unless ringing Erin (5)
- Panama, for example, is that half-finished method: unpleasantly spliced lead heads (7)
- Opera stars from somewhere in Croatia? They're frowned upon in London, Bristol, Glasgow... you name it! (5,6)
- These are succulent from tintinnalogic activity (5)
- Dong as nine comes round like The Chimes, perhaps (10)
Down
- What Bath Abbey, Limerick Cathedral and St Bartholomew the Great have in common with shaken wine cocktails (13)
- Seventeen working bells in this and sluts compete to get dodging (7,8)
- Make ringable again or retune the back end after pause (7)
- Pulleys lacking lovely edges affected rhythm (5)
- Use tact to sort out what's most urgent (7)
- To ring inside, erects structure behind closed doors (2,6)
- If you get suddenly carried away, do this with plastic bricks, taking time (3,2)
- Whenever my neat composition overwhelms me... (7)
- Ms Fitzgerald to straighten out scheme I devised for solo ringing device (9,6)
- Surprises we all have to deal with, Mr Laurel. Dead right, for a change! (8,5)
- Explain case of ringers going in and making turnaround (8)
- Hold in place behind support for a bell (4,3)
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