Cryptic crossword No 2,772
Thu 16 Oct 2025, set byCigogne
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Across
- Award or 'gong'? (4,4)
- Spooner declaring rough bride a predator (5,7)
- Cigogne, caught drunk, is for the cooler (8)
- Son, the second is a unit (4)
- Soothing wooden device for recording studio? (8)
- Ukrainian territory expelling Russia, finally, after reversing bloody, illegal invasion? (3,5)
- Revival of trendy Spanish city attracting a number of stars (12)
- Sent cycling after car, we hear (8)
- The French story's speaker (6)
- Cause of alarm in kitchen (3,5)
- The finest ground mace (4)
- Woman abandoning mother takes in cat (6)
- Enormous flag for god (6)
- Go to Kings Lynn at first, yes, every seven days (6)
Down
- Pop organ (electronic) playing Help! on radio (9)
- Composer with bong cheers up (10)
- Lay down track briefly before beginning of Open Mike, then repair plug (9)
- No limits for Finley, with debut of trademark sound (5)
- European University lecturer originally backing engineers who solved problem with bridges (5)
- Yodel refusing to deliver here? (8,7)
- Heartlessly dumped and blocked (8)
- They slip right in - heaven! (6)
- Pile of chillies (4)
- Audio expert's contribution to effect on me is terrific (10)
- Moulin Rouge finally beginning to lay new flooring (8)
- Bat from which my disease caught, potentially? (6)
- Short podium just for men (4)
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