Cryptic crossword No 3,194
Sat 7 Mar 2026, set bybuddy
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Across
- Regarding films, awfully mean critic shows no trace of respect (9)
- Carbuncle indeed sounded painful (7)
- Unexpectedly encounter snag with a clue like this one (3,6)
- Noggin filled with sanctimonious belief (7)
- Go up the mountain, finally passable (4)
- Severe gash sewn up by casualty department (5)
- Select primarily liberal representative (6)
- Melt almost entirely; add dash of salt; stir (4)
- Boundaries of court in general shaped - like this? (9)
- Course of action completely fit the bill (7,2)
- Material quantity imported by China (5)
- Hip and butt nobbled by strain (6)
- Big file lacks header (5)
- Lament killing river bird (5)
- Even soldiers are entertained by thin Zola novel (10)
- Awesome model I half-heartedly flirt with (10)
Down
- Distant past inspires recipe for hash (7)
- Small role turned up - followed by Oscar! (5)
- Exchange old silver without sign of hesitation (8)
- Play Spooner's little song (6)
- Wreck nearly lacerated cycling dimwit (7)
- Common people try cracking a clue (8)
- Show from small film studio snubbed by Ms. Blanchett (8)
- Picture, say, buddy in Paris, lying around (5)
- Reproduce noodle soup, turn over immediately (9)
- Inappropriate to cancel broadcast (5)
- Disorder in Suffolk, possibly, when brawl leads to inevitable escalation (7)
- Seattle manager engaged in research on cholesterol (6)
- Corrupt, cruel society that is keeping very isolated (9)
- Capital the Spanish invest inside Hawaii (8)
- Just a drop of tea spilling from frothy chai latte (7)
- Care for shark, perhaps? (5)
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