Cryptic crossword No 2,852
Fri 14 Nov 2025, set byCheeseman
6
Across
- Northern Irish actor, not sober, backed playwright (5)
- Legislation rejected, PM losing current and former Secretary of State for Wales (6)
- Posh Gabon and England football player losing love, being unattractive (8)
- Large old units distributed half-hearted reggae music (10)
- Danced in the central section of one airport and Terminal 4 of another (7)
- Mike absorbed in translation of a cliche, a bromide? (8)
- Cut Friends character if Christmas season leads returning (7)
- What's left in car (6)
- Arthur's father housed in Solihull's borders with historic county (10)
- Signpost to Bury following river (7)
- Relaxed, Americans hear, with Scotland back full of vibrant colour (6)
- Free antelope that woman caught (7)
- Rector is welcome this PM (5)
- Musician Stan picks up on the radio (4)
- To indulge in unsporting behaviour is something that could go rapidly downhill (6)
- Flipping children jump up and down like gazelles! (4)
Down
- Problem with waterworks in river catchment vexes expert leaders and senior manager (9)
- Cry of pain overwhelmed by small cry of excitement (5)
- Something that's pointed at seminar screens engaging government and industry leaders (7)
- Moral scripture lessons echo in St Hugo complex (9)
- Measure of internal friction companies found in call before the end of today (9)
- Great, fashionable present? (7)
- French islands included in Spanish agreement with a Prussian province (7)
- Some ask egghead what the bit sticking down at the back of a boat's keel is called (5)
- It hangs up shortly before end of message (5)
- Musical style down south (5)
- Important people Cheeseman's found in part of Cirencester (9)
- Does too much screen time cause such a problem? Those who agree reportedly get some exercise (9)
- City leaves its mark on Asian sailors (7)
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