Cryptic crossword No 3,289
Mon 6 Apr 2026, set byInvicta
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Across
- One displaces Tellurium from fossilised shellfish producing pungent gas (7)
- Behemoth organisation kills man. Bunch of crooks! (3,3)
- Draw back on new technology for police force (6)
- Flower, river and tree shown in Ordnance Survey (7)
- Apprentice in Leeds, perhaps, actually from Monmouthshire? (7)
- Best location for a big wedding afloat? (5,5,5)
- Lessons learnt by Eliza Doolittle? (6,9)
- Wander over (4)
- Drinks in front of opponents as mockery (6)
- Chancer the very opposite of celebrities (4)
- Get drugs, we hear, for very gymnastic swinging (7)
- Liam with chance cycling breakdown (10)
- Description of the noise made getting out of a cockpit by wartime RAF pilots? (3,3)
- In short, Beau accomodates previous partner (10)
Down
- Stem the flow of turbulent Thames with Barking moat (9)
- Wear one's hat, for instance, around monarch in last ditch defence (9)
- It's said a chap gets runs from tropical fruits (6)
- Almost a little is a lot (5)
- Arrive at slum with no warm water (3,2)
- Evil comedy character's food (5,4)
- Alter contract to have had the last word. (5)
- Stuart casually makes an impression on people at college (8)
- What gets in front, to get in front? (5)
- Langour? No, get lost (3,5)
- Kill time: it'll be a long winter (3,3)
- The sort of film you wouldn't bother going out for (4,5)
- Agreeing, by all accounts (9,2)
- Controller will annoy. Cock! (6,5)
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