Cryptic crossword No 3,179
Mon 2 Mar 2026, set byPentman
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Across
- Small conflict in outskirts of Dusseldorf (5)
- Create mixture sandwiched in breadfruit (9)
- Ruffled, the King relaxed (7)
- Mother requests fabrics (7)
- Dust-up in the dust up North (5)
- Money from renting out apartment possibly provides sustenance? (9)
- Switch on Kindle (5,2)
- Holy house possibly obtained by corrupt means (5)
- Some prefer a tone poem inspiring Muse (5)
- Will extra detectives return in twist? (7)
- Sore through cruel mistreatment (5)
- Advised to reserve a holiday in Romania, we hear? (9)
- Messy tube toilet, on the whole not a place to be forgotten (9)
- Local rule brought in by Rugby lawyer (5)
- Cooked small escalope exibits milky and pearly appearance (9)
- Rejects unmarried women following insult by some (9)
Down
- Old queen interrupts men working for escorts (9)
- Digitally produced image about gold was one of ERII's favourites (5)
- Holiday escape almost spoiled seeing signs of rough seas (9)
- In short, German language and my French I concede at the outset, are diabolical (7)
- Shell that 15a discovered in North area of land (5)
- Farrah and Coe turned up for sweeping in curling (5)
- Shortly could bomb reported be one missing charge (7)
- Postman gets posh car delivered and does the rounds (7)
- Partly doffed or aslant they cover heads (7)
- Strong disagreement involves very first of Realists and another artist (5)
- Town first to get music event broadcast (9)
- 9a dodgy money (5)
- Sailor besmirched, laid of the rum? (9)
- Character from Greece troubled at the start by heat when racing (5)
- Australian inhabitants avoid charges (9)
- Stir basil into drinks offered to the gods (9)
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