Cryptic crossword No 1,249
Sat 15 Jul 2023, set byMethuselah
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Special Instructions: Originally appeared in the Independent 27/04/22. Republished with kind permission.
Across
- President books the quarters within vast hotel compound (6)
- American following Republican account – one doing spin about 50 states (6)
- Old Turk, German fellow and Middle Eastern state share a bank (7)
- Captivated by Cats – even the interval (7)
- "Hail Asgard!" stirred up legendary swordsman (3,7)
- Puckish entrance leading to bow (4)
- Tube taken by someone who needs to rush off (5)
- Theatrical waiter could be on stage with a bit of rehearsal (8)
- Is sleuth returning to open certain letters?... (8)
- ... maybe second set of lines found after second reading? (5,4)
- See 18
- Pressure mounting on firm given millions for making stuff up (10)
- Italian visiting England masters puzzles (7)
- State has some humanitarian aid nicked in revolution (7)
- See 1d
- Agree to attempt short back and sides for narcissist (6)
Down
- Sites of culture hide priests after Reformation (5,6)
- However tense, meditation can help with it (7)
- Get a view of grasslands, says? Not from these (9)
- Shrink from a man in uniform? On the contrary (5)
- Bake Off plugging trendy amateur technique for sorting bloomers (7)
- Drama for one held up by essentially extinct gag in Globe? (9)
- Kinky heteros plus one? (9)
- Bear who took in Mowgli takes another student around lair – it’s got bigger (9)
- Girl initially put out by date refreshing Instagram to reveal trees (9)
- Experts in viewing presumably discussed cool episodes (3,4)
- Unable to sit still, Methuselah has to follow others (7)
- Stop account deletion, tapping escape key with only seconds left (5)
- Band's new sound has tenor going low (5)
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