Cryptic crossword No 2,996
Wed 31 Dec 2025, set byGalviana
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Across
- Misprint found in pretty poem (4)
- Looking for reception at VIP event (5-5)
- Back in a mo from Salalah (5)
- Said once, twice or thrice, it's still nonsense! (4)
- Opportunist turns tale-teller when upstart ousts natural leader (7)
- Confused cartographers lost corpse in Dublin suburb (7)
- An upright swimmer, she arose awkwardly (8)
- Eleven's national agency makes munitions recce (8,6)
- Letting such an opportunity slip can leave one high and dry (7,3,4)
- Shambles originally had a very old cathedral (5)
- Soft poet set pace (8)
- Reportedly leave behind Alaska, say (7)
- Put thousand arbitrarily before Irish diminutive and make a gazillion! (7)
- Namby-pamby yet dramatic widow's son? (5-5)
Down
- Seismic shock put food kiosk pitch-side (8)
- Public notice quiet mid-island prankster (7)
- Core fans do mingle briefly (3,1,6)
- Authoress deposited stash then converted currency (4)
- A thank you squeeze? It'll do I suppose (2,1,5)
- Bestows honours wearing what could be under or over garments (7)
- Cereal - or nothing at breakfast or lunch! (7)
- Secretly follow promo during performance (6)
- Assume legs-up-the-wall pose and let yourself go (3,4,4,2)
- Partly forego lounge to fix windows (7)
- Chocolate bar for man or canine? (6)
- Choir formed by Swiss unwritten elite (6,7)
- Test the relationship and overcharge (3,3,4)
- Trips to Athens bring to light ancient portico (4)
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