Cryptic crossword No 2,643
Sat 16 Aug 2025, set byHeron
Special Instructions: There is a theme .....
Across
- Tree found in stony surface with lilac sometimes (9)
- Hazel's cultivated offspring! (7)
- Train or bus (5)
- Impostors in pubs dancing around yard (7)
- She snorts nastily in impatience (9)
- Obscure origins of the world in legends irritate theologian (6)
- Alumni identify single article in green glass (8)
- Spread of ability reported (5)
- Decorated a new church for recreational activity (3,5)
- Insect hotel involving minimum of chopped wood (5)
- I coat ship randomly in shade of green (9)
- Initially cautious, action hero is game! (6)
- Sound accurate work with thread in bottom drawer (9)
- Fruit in coupe, candied (5)
Down
- Light brown barrel tipped over beneath unfinished side of building (6)
- Abstain from repetitive melody (7)
- The German takes tea in country houses (6)
- Large region losing right to smaller one (6)
- Starts to build railways across zones in large landmass (6)
- Honest dealing in market fluctuation (4,4)
- Senior officers in charge, active in Brussels? (8)
- Yearn for power in Europe (4)
- Between lowest point and highest point is second rest break (3,4)
- Drink essential to feasting and fasting (4)
- Money earned will at first provide foodstuff (6)
- Not thought about when cued improperly (8)
- Wing-commander's seat (8)
- Energetic old man gets source of protein (6)
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