Quick crossword No 161
Fri 22 Dec 2023, set byPotoroo
Special Instructions: "Abandon Ship"
Across
- A dog mostly looked after by male - one for pulling sleds (8)
- Cut out piece of jewellery stuck in hair (4)
- Son is able to read quickly (4)
- Arranged marriage ultimately intended as display of contrary behaviour (8)
- Insectivorous growth with curiously thin carpel, in part (7,5)
- Funiculars at last taking on passengers going downhill? (12)
- Cheque to be paid underwent inflation (8)
- Less time for coffee, being behind (4)
- Misplace contents of closet (4)
- A lunatic at sea is related to sailors (8)
Down
- Pot of gold church kept within reach (8)
- Fish with net for something valuable (6)
- Thickened milk made better without additive in the end (4)
- Sailor from a distant place welcomed by prophet (8)
- Write illegibly with small stroke (6)
- Record part of Aldi's collection (4)
- Cheat pirate holding diamonds to secure victory (8)
- Bird's shock after thing breaks (8)
- Where money is kept after Wall Street loses the rest, surprisingly? (6)
- At home help to cover lounge's ceiling with a regular set pattern (6)
- Metal forming the walls of forge? (4)
- Instrument doctor used with hesitation (4)
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