Cryptic crossword No 3,045
Mon 19 Jan 2026, set byIrusan
5
Across
- Element from Times Roman not keeping extreme of ligature (5)
- Chuck ladies in patch for scientist and failed priest (7,6)
- Openly insulted, Edward is faced with reproductive part without crown (9)
- The Eagle's Nest is strangely frightening to monitor (5)
- Uncertain about saw toothed edge on blade (9)
- Left after using small bottle (4)
- Seafood for a monk with taste of riches invested in Channel Islands (8)
- Turnover starts to expand monthly after picking up pressure then... nothing (8)
- Maybe reverse Golf onto close after losing neutral (4)
- Drunk Santas arrested by half-cut cop after breather (9)
- Relative of giraffe found satisfactory by tapir refusing to take sides (5)
- Disarmed Zorro underestimates bullet (5)
- Organiser for Van Dyke? (5,4)
- Prove beyond doubt by public expression of feelings (13)
Down
- Destroy CD sleeves in frenzied state (6)
- Regularly sacrificed all of e.g. Garnett (3)
- Lax Clergyman bringing in new dangerously uncontrolled one (5,6)
- God resting on container of the dead (6)
- Answer below sum, remainder and things added (7)
- Remove hair with American cutting implement (3)
- Juliet secreted in hidden message for assassin who hides (5)
- One stabs ruined centre of the intestines (7)
- Increase intensity using very pure synthetic (3,2)
- 1 down without hint? Setter's clueless (1,4,2,4)
- Surprise! Charlie is over for tea (3)
- Major vessel carrying gold advanced onto Atlantic Time (5)
- Belgian king changes sides and swaps ring with a stalker (7)
- Saint in capital city disdains liberal keeper of filth (7)
- Easily persuaded by lip quivering over a set of books (6)
- Reward for ape adopting king for good (6)
- Team need son in the capacity of daughter (5)
- Slow darken (3)
- A troll from Japan regarding one? (3)
Irusan has provided annotated solutions for this crossword.
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