Cryptic crossword No 2,637
Thu 14 Aug 2025, set byJeremysIron
Special Instructions: My first full cryptic in a while. Please be warned that there may be a couple of stretches due to venturing into new territory with my clue-writing! Enjoy, and please provide feedback if you have any ๐ (Edit - made a slight change to 26a)
Across
- Tragedy of a girl getting involved with Ken (4,4)
- Odd bits of sitcom "Keep on Running" just the beginning for Irish writer (6)
- Spooner's chaotic companion gets to cause partial destruction (8)
- Yesteryear's beheaded king with a chronic condition (6)
- Expelled from exhaust (3,3,2)
- Natural historian and author got Ben drunk (12)
- Grandma hosts uncle in Madrid, Spain? (6)
- It's not for clipping wings off insect (4)
- Spelling "dish" or "plate"? Bah! (8,4)
- "Jolene" chorus features repetition (4)
- Sly individuals are sorry about capsizing ship outside (8)
- Designs gate alternatives over the phone (6)
- Unusual counter to stop accepting new bric-a-brac (8)
- You can connect with her, which could be a plus (8)
Down
- Pithy phrase from tee repeated during second hole (5)
- Setter confesses, admitting a lot, when delirious in quarantine (9)
- Touch large instrument in lift (4)
- Write signs, say, warning against cheap goods on back of vehicle (6)
- Stench going around? Sure, that's Trumpery (5)
- Candid cycling film from Jordan (4)
- Briefly cut off city rail, for instance (9)
- Five or six characters killed and more than half returned (6)
- Bernardo performs acrobatics as pilot (3,5)
- Demands dollar of all MyCrossword users? (8)
- Problems exiting Windows? (15)
- Not harmed by deviant Lou, surprisingly (10)
- Toy, a major amusement initially, takes work, time, and energy (10)
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