Cryptic crossword No 3,028
Tue 13 Jan 2026, set byGhost
Special Instructions: The unclued entries at 1a and 27a contain a message from Henri, PostMark, Fez, Gennaro and Coot
Across
- Changeable type - used to be current, now retro (8)
- Otherwise naked here in the van, it's Bill she loves (6)
- Seconds wanted after curtailed dessert course (8)
- Signs of omission in adverse spill, evident on reflection (8)
- [unclued] (5,8,2,11)
- Massage therapy? Not quiet and a bit rude (6)
- Tree trunk nets useful timber at first (8)
- Rod Hull finally stops this (4)
- Stuff from, say, Collins on one's phone (4)
- Heard, perhaps, a hint of shenanigans - intially check bedrooms? (8)
- Son to go on date? Opportunity's closing fast (6)
- Politician in pursuit of money threatening to ignore leader (8)
- Mountie possibly apprehending a rustler? (6)
- See 1a
Down
- Man's short jumper (3)
- Greek character Leonidas originally wearing fancy hemlines (9)
- Sort of clue the Indy doesn't regularly put out (6)
- Analyse emergency that has depressed society (5)
- Yard signs showing directions for scented plants (7)
- Slender models to abandon work, primarily about conditions (3)
- Most incredible flat's let out after fellow's evicted (7)
- In competition, I drive fast car enthusiasts held in high regard (4,5)
- "In one's salad days" - long phrase, an unknown for millions (8)
- Display of enthusiasm from cool passenger (7)
- Man exhausted spirit supply, literally a faux pas (8)
- Spanish dances wound Chuck up (7)
- Obscure Catholic rule - Rome maybe upset with priest breaking it (7)
- Marseille gendarme insiders concocted story? (6)
- First proper love (5)
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