Cryptic crossword No 784
Fri 28 Oct 2022, set byPopcorn
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Across
- Hoax concealing deep return before time slows you down, hopefully. (5,6)
- Terriers follow great mix-up with boat race. (7)
- Greek character retreats and gets in between camper and you, we hear, in Pacific islands. (7)
- Entry alongside adverse timber dimensions. (3,2,4)
- Veers towards a circulation problem. (5)
- Element of face tuck reflected to look attractive. (4)
- File agreement then odd theory could be black-chinned or white-throated. (5,5)
- Castles in the air are fancy illuminated items oddly. (10)
- Work to sear trout for tea? (4)
- This trap will never operate on Sunday evenings for a start! (5)
- Chain of command finds toxophilite in disarray after greeting the unknown. (9)
- Exaggerates essential ingredients after drinks are served up for a laugh. (7)
- Bulky notice I sit for. (7)
- Painter Gustav returns after companies (name unknown) provide a drink at the fairground? (7,4)
Down
- Gaze into codfish stew, Leo? (4,2,3,6)
- Company of five leaves W. Midlands city portal (5)
- Nothing held by Spanish devil is top. (7)
- Nowadays poetry can be unfavourable. (7)
- I leave half of a criminal pair and return escorted with dignity. (8)
- Attaches locking nuts in a great hurry. (7,3,5)
- Imposes import tariffs and I post contrite correction. (13)
- Cursory bursary? (7,6)
- Sensitive to every unit in charge. (8)
- Near the ground in Iran. (7)
- Stylish worker follows the Spanish, for example. (7)
- Excuse mail contents holding party. (5)
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