Cryptic crossword No 2,894
Thu 27 Nov 2025, set byTug
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Special Instructions: Happy Thanksgiving! Today, I'm more than thankful — I'm 4 to be appearing in the 1a very soon!
Across
- Westbound Yankee republican and Highlander perhaps with key phrase to rally behind (6,3)
- Jubilant still after peace regularly seen (8)
- Instrumental track for snares oddly done in seconds (5)
- Work with post office to get damaging political information (4)
- Henry or Edward left ship with tiny singer (6,4)
- Loudly beg for game (4)
- Choke as local club team eroded (10)
- Husband excites gossip before date with that man at entrance to Hyde Park (9,5)
- This magnifies ring, say (5)
- Rebel faction trapped by defence does not live (9)
- Making no-good energy supplement (8)
- Great man taking drug for decades essentially just survives (4,2)
- Guardian of treasure drained of life ultimately by concerning shadow caster (6)
- Do French, who submit after evacuation, love strangeness in invaders? (14)
Down
- Balls up problem, sob softly, burn papers -- is my yen to flee? (14)
- Hire others to work in courteous arrangement (9)
- Truss inspires radical outburst (6)
- Quiet before a cool, hip remix: "Big Spender" (10)
- Taunt soldier on British base (4)
- Part of trunk noble discovered near India on interminable voyage (8)
- Time spent has no right meaning (5)
- Spooner's superior old witches — they're usually found by skulls (10)
- Exercise knowledge going north, see rook and locations of twelve identical birds (4,5)
- Hurry through example page and revise first of essays (8)
- Agree with fool on empty books (6)
- Suspend ace stuck in 'pen (4)
- Connection letting one walk via chillest end onto bridges (8,6)
- Purple mum you view on occasion (5)
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