Cryptic December 18, 2022 Answers

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Cryptic Crossword No. 1,712 by Shabbo posted on Sunday, December 18, 2022

Across Clues

• Nice here in secretive island
• Exciting to return 50% of wealth
• Bridge odds on two queens
• Dawn insures building
• Consumes escalope after turtle soup for starters
• Let bloke from Bow attach architectural feature
• Lower River Test cutting
• Extends contract and steps down
• Friends in bars discussed people behind bars
• Green bananas the beginning of your vitality
• Top wine collection mentioned in book?
• Split taps work
• Joy of endless intimacy
• Impact of Tory diplomacy
• Beach borders start of terribly unproductive land
• Schumann’s opening surprisingly lofty for piano

Down Clues

• Grounds to invest in South America
• Female replaces husband in conglomeration of merchants and artisans
• Fast or slow having nothing to lose
• Former magazine auditor
• Demands trains
• Suggest upgrade to rear lift
• Reacts badly in icy run
• It doesn’t pay to upset America endlessly
• Cooks joints in vessels
• Tricky opponents on Tyneside?
• Rested, having marked out playing field earlier
• Understanding myth pays off
• Kisses Boris bottling up torment
• Remarkably cheap fruit
• Elegant form of transport on the rise
• Cancel a French party