Cryptic crossword No 3,025
Mon 12 Jan 2026, set byKarol
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Special Instructions: Themed puzzle for a recent musical anniversary
Across
- Cosy around roasting fire (7)
- Quits first wife, taking name and son (5)
- Pan for 10a, or occasional bits of steak/veal (4)
- Peer penning wicked, kinky Italian song (5,6)
- Ellington on vacation: composes topless, plays repeatedly (7)
- Melt away, embracing insatiable crush and megastar (5,5)
- Hit biography about confectioner (4,2,4)
- Variations of tune (7)
- Period of concerns about trailer harbouring drugs (4,5)
- "River" – Tatum's cover, with Mingus going wild plucking bass? (9)
- Extracted intelligence in report (5)
- Fancy disguise, topped with a little amulet (4)
- Tea infused with simple bread (7)
- Greenland's leader hassles US over dodgy detention facilities (11)
Down
- Jazz pianist getting award (5)
- Residues from some rash escapade (5)
- Nation saint peeing on an estate (9)
- A welcome deal inspires detective to overlook dispute (5,2,6)
- Mantra, Stockhausen's first hit composition of 1970s (7)
- Pass up small sins (5)
- City in Michigan, America – originally McCain's inhabitance (5)
- Swear, mostly, in lively start to singing exams (4,5)
- Spot without pubs – Hamada, say (3,4)
- First person featured in Roddenberry's Lantern Dweller? (5)
- Band’s stage schedule (3)
- Muesli gourmands embodying Irish county (5)
- Grok, Gemini, etc, the French way? (5)
- Wind up Geordie bloke? (3)
- Actor, practically unknown (5)
- Zulu rocker’s celebrated grime alter-ego (5,8)
Karol has provided annotated solutions for this crossword.
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