Cryptic crossword No 2,860
Mon 17 Nov 2025, set byHasslethymi
Special Instructions: Published in 7 Directory, Preston Pages and West of the Clee magazines, plus www.stokestmilborough.info (January 2026)
Across
- Vocal pitch of Temptations' frontman covering Rebel Rebel? (6)
- Surrender metal box with vase in it (4,2)
- Appendage covered by abhorrent ailment (4)
- Central man stands in for woman on violin (6)
- Very long atria getting damaged in heart, perhaps (5,5)
- "Damn!" all the finalists deliberately interrupt (6)
- Inclination is to bring diverse outsiders in for a period of occupation (8)
- A town in East Yorkshire's singing sisters? (8)
- Egomaniac insists car is scrapped (10)
- Pilot to transit sick Gloria across Iranian borders (8)
- Bird's stuffing is of utmost richness (7)
- African national additionally invested in a gun deal (7)
- Last halt coming around, so we're finished! (5,3)
- Heavy metal star (4)
Down
- Ice cream's dished out without extra topping in earthenware, perhaps (8)
- Buddy gets close to the ring (4)
- Went wild for shellfish! Love, Scarlet (8)
- Concern rises about a fragrant herb (6)
- Taking to the air loudly with illumination (6)
- Welcomed heat to start with, then got ill (6)
- Finding the right note coming up in campaign in utterances (6)
- Mysterious isle is located (4)
- Beautiful action (8)
- Look for nomadic clan within the borders of Greece (6)
- Foresight coming from ex-VP holding in distressed cries (10)
- Foggy confusion of hypothermia's making (6)
- Grime music coming from motor sport courses? (4,6)
- Everything I can supply initially excited the Liberals along with the SDP (8)
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