Cryptic crossword No 3,230
Thu 19 Mar 2026, set byAbdul
Special Instructions: No special instructions. One definition draws on a regional British term.
Across
- You ‘n’ I type alike (7)
- Cast around hand, yours truly is most laid-back (7)
- Prosecuting to protect Republican shot nearby (11)
- Transport from Casey St., having got lost (7)
- Father has brief laze in yard (5)
- Eradicate or overthrow corruption, and spread joy every second (7)
- Broke bread after missing a date hurt (8)
- Run! Run! Alien! Run! Alien’s abducting adult (7)
- Received Oscar after he left the cinema desperate (4,4)
- Later, snitch returned dead — that is right (7)
- Fret as times change (3,4)
- Introduce an old flame in conversation (5)
- "Universe's origin is void," I.S.S. detailed in passage (7)
Down
- Peer with body odour where the sun don't shine? (6)
- Raise a drink, hear hear (4,2)
- Italian composer's heart-sick, upset (7)
- Slices of pizza, or tacos — a life line (5)
- One cold abandoned witch stole Oscar's coat and money (5)
- Fashion of Connor Ives shows transformation (10)
- Misuse boat, sailing continent (10)
- Deal with 1,000 milk products on the turn (6)
- Jack's second name written up after circulating answer (6)
- Juliet is French, is Josh? (4)
- Calm nap ended, initially interrupted by one pursuing piano (7)
- Arrangement of nasty, nasty, kiss (6)
- Let Romeo regularly be one with Juliet at last (4)
- Sure, scam isn't fake... (4-4)
- Pitch alumnus one event after the 2nd (8)
- Put back cashmere vest, embracing cold (6)
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