Cryptic crossword No 2,886
Mon 24 Nov 2025, set byHasslethymi
Special Instructions: Published in 7 Directory, Preston Pages and West of the Clee magazines, plus www.stokestmilborough.info (March 2026)
Across
- Quack quietly for something sticky and sweet (6)
- Core elements of soil in South American river causing delusions (8)
- Turn Musk more gloomy (8)
- Died worse off but diviner (6)
- Screened dour acting up in outhouse (8)
- Components of psychiatric or nervous difficulty (6)
- Navy's surprise broadcast for the British press (5,6)
- Twins invested in dredge mining (6)
- 19 getting worked up about scripture behind the scenes (2,6)
- Criminal's constant about scheme (8)
- Multiple persons embracing alternative idea (6)
- At some point during autopsy, check reveals innermost self (6)
- Rubbish politician finally working with awareness (8)
Down
- Characters in American's werewolf comeback (6)
- Arch enemies swapping east for west? One of them was Caspar (4,3)
- Indulging in untested theories dangerously occupied sense (13)
- Intermittently help wild mice to spread contagion (8)
- Rose above former partner reportedly with high ranking (8)
- Oedipal behaviour entices topless nuts (6)
- They redact if they detect things in speech (7)
- Utter fool gets on board showing common sense (6)
- Style of reversible kimono is revolutionary (7)
- Broken ankles treated with alternatives to toxic health care scam (5,3)
- Brought to mind all the same things initially (7)
- Perfect example of dowry being arranged with bride's capital (6)
- Traditional cure pitched to one who makes false statements (8)
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