Cryptic crossword No 3,381
Sat 2 May 2026, set byCatnip
Special Instructions: My first MyC puzzle, revisited after 5 years. I didn't make it easy for myself with this fill. (Hopefully no one remembers the original!)
Across
- Table due to erupt after cheat gets two pairs (6,4)
- Explosive blast from the east following exercise (6)
- Lead actor's prompt to pick up Latin (4)
- American prosecutor pursuing innocent foreign character (6)
- Picked up officer in centre of Brazil? (6)
- Commonplace question an idiot posed (9)
- Strike out leftwing legislation (6)
- New F1 safety measure - a headlight? (4)
- Forged steel to remove head of Thomas More (4)
- Holland rebuffed Conservative member's nonsense (5-3)
- Poisonous sort, one working in advertising? (4,5)
- Island's positive response on judge retiring (6)
- Shaken upon elder grasping treasure location without a map (10)
- Issue lies about unknown individual's rough distance from Greenwich? (8)
- International Revolution leader from Wales ousted by German socialite (2,4)
- Choice of sound on the radio (4)
Down
- United legend abruptly pinched by King - he may go on record (7)
- A Premier League flop not beginning to show skill (6)
- Eco-friendly energy almost running (5)
- Stunned goon arrested by agent (9)
- Liberal single wearing short dress for dance (6)
- Lining of grey coloured clothing Earl's worn out? (3-4)
- Dish on top of gold table (7)
- Implements somewhere to rest your bottom when cycling (5)
- Film Beadle's About, catching rock band missing top note (9)
- Perform adequately, but without too much relish? (3,3,7)
- Carelessly lose oar in mist (7)
- Tinker with odd bits of town centre, scratching head (7)
- Mike supporting an award, or the opposite (7)
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