Cryptic crossword No 2,910
Tue 2 Dec 2025, set byLeoNessie
Special Instructions: Starred clues hint at erasures that, taken together, might reveal what they have in common. The answer can be found elsewhere in the grid.
Across
- *Dick Turpin, maybe, ripping off international gang heads - leaves a mark (5)
- Peeled small fruits with sharp flavour, not unknown, can be most irritating (8)
- *Not the first to curse sport (4)
- Sheba, from time to time, is topless in oceans? (4)
- Swapping ends of toga, wrap becomes secure (6)
- Grand expression, scratching head, illustrates beginning of idea (4)
- Entry route shown by translated Caesar docs (6,4)
- Extremes of nationalism seizing a mate - fuel for catastrophic scenes (6)
- Rotten Amie pummelled string puppet (10)
- This writer’s star quality with American rock produces copycat (8)
- Some sports car lettering has name of Marvel star (8)
- Slim traces of scuppered expedition around grasslands - deserted, gone (6)
- Allah or Edhi, to some extent, represents Pakistani cultural capital (6)
- *Angle cutting new flooring strip (4)
- Visitor's summons successfully unopened after family retreats (8)
Down
- *Shake with fear, missing end of alarm three times (6)
- Jumper beat Durham alumni side finally (6)
- Opted for seed mix covering cooked soup (8)
- Like baker's shovel overturned and inactive (6)
- Whimper about coming in for weak dinner? (4)
- *Public disturbance - island left to go bad (3)
- Fish fellow paid for on arrival (3)
- A trio start fancy Italian restaurants (10)
- Complicated tax dividing oil stock base (6)
- Ultimate in thrill following attention given peer (4)
- Division from setter following role in depression (10)
- *Rushes full tilt taking off special outfits (5)
- Begins to set five-carat diamond? (3,5)
- Abrupt clap from below, interrupting displays showing skating jumps (8)
- Middle of demo, woman supporting US lawyer first spotted marks breaking terms (2,6)
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