Cryptic crossword No 3,279
Fri 3 Apr 2026, set byGennaro
Special Instructions: If people have 10d, they will follow the surrounding advice
Across
- Make a pile from group smuggling ecstasy at college (5,2)
- Picture of endless food with French water (7)
- Namesake in residence mainly pinching money without conscience ultimately (7)
- Vindictive girlfriend, you heard, largely leaves the heart of Henri shattered (9)
- Business editor reversing set of rules (4)
- Depressed and sounding miserable seeing heavy rain (8)
- Free explorer on vacation may be a man on a motor bike (5)
- Volatile star turning on virile actors principally (4)
- Section of Viennese sonata, on reflection, moves slowly (5)
- Princess initially viewed as prima donna (4)
- Flush away nitrogen in rocket (5)
- Speculators, seers, and judges periodically blundering (8)
- Headed foundation without any changes (2,2)
- Persians, say, accommodating a search for underground passages (9)
- Embrace record full of novel performing (7)
Down
- Regularly pull an oar with this? (4)
- Boozer thanks returning minister with a taste of Nicholson's (6)
- Got too big for unstylish dress hugging rear primarily (8)
- Of higher birth, big wig supported by the French king (6)
- Gave up scam, caught leading crooked deed (8)
- Viewed survey, edited in part (4)
- Prudence reportedly in favour of plot (9)
- Stench of Ohio grim (5)
- Wanderer hid among introverts (5)
- A Dutch genius composed religious song (5,3)
- Key disagreement seen in assets held by third party perhaps (6)
- Sharp blows going round in dispute (4)
- Hard covering of chair broken by angry coed (4,4)
- Ordinary politician overwhelmed by isle in chaos (6)
- Short time together in rumoured dive (4)
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