Cryptic crossword No 307
Sun 23 Jan 2022, set byXavier
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Special Instructions: A tribute to one of my favourite artists and albums of all time, with all 13 tracks in the clues!
Across
- "The Game of Love" after returning to somewhere hot (7)
- Parisian triumph (in masks) broke after dropping a thousand? Yeah, I bet! (7)
- "Beyond" is like 1 Across and 5 Across? (5)
- Old robot's car runs over fruit a lot? (9)
- Hardly booked? Uncommon to retire in harmony with many invested (10)
- "Get Lucky" by half of a pair of musicians trebled (3)
- Punk's preference perhaps poured for free (12)
- Endless A.I. touring, following coach for organisations, to work in concert (8,4)
- Eats in loft as you’re playing “Lose Yourself to Dance” (3)
- Directed instrument again in England, on vacation (10)
- "Doin' it Right" remixed to house, being regular version? (9)
- "Contact", if I recall, samples legend in Apollo mission, Eugene (5)
- Daft claimed a fraction... (7)
- ... less than a third of reviews back second sales (7)
Down
- It's difficult to cut or hop a queue (6)
- Fuss came from two hits on "Homework" landing (ignore #3 and lower rankings)? (6)
- Assistant to gather riches 'n pants without second thoughts (10)
- Performing song live (2-3)
- Flooded Stardust with praise: fanatical Sir's positive/sad they faded? (9)
- Hits from "Random Access Memories" (4)
- Airstrip oddly without people possessing crafty "Touch" (8)
- No team in Vogue could make a toxic atmosphere (8)
- Worry fuse can't start beneath "Motherboard" (10)
- Key points: "Fragments of Time" includes accomplished lyricism (9)
- Hated audience's "Um... not interested" (8)
- Setter's discovered two tones twice—"Instant Crush" gets going under similar pressure? (8)
- "Giorgio by Moroder" introduction: an air about... (6)
- ... those who grew up nowadays, frequent lulls, and origins of the synthesiser (6)
- "Within" nervelessly contributes to secret (5)
- "Give Life Back to Music" (#1) heartily opens scratched record (4)
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