Cryptic crossword No 3,409
Special Instructions: Published in 7 Directory, Preston Pages and West of the Clee magazines, plus www.stokestmilborough.info (June 2026)
Across
- Excited about a small bet (8)
- Working out squat's existing arrangement (6,3)
- Reduces the number of cattle (6)
- Fringe members of council impugn idiosyncratic healthcare facility (6)
- Some galumphing oaf (4)
- Spot nursery's head and volunteers getting something to feed babies with (8)
- Show appreciation for swamp of publicity? (6)
- Eat when the hot drinks are served (3,5)
- DJs, for example, mumble extremely stupid answer (8)
- Those finishing this may join staunch organisation (6)
- Ostentatious items of women's underwear, extremely silky (6)
- Dare Romeo to fly around airfield (9)
- A key defect somehow modified (8)
- Shrink's lecture is dictated (6)
- If visitor centre gets overrun by ivy, perhaps that's more ominous (8)
- Heartthrob is not working by the sound of it (4)
Down
- A fresh mixture of universal additives (5)
- Common owl flying around summit (7)
- Arm bones found periodically in fuel intake (5)
- Question dizzy aunt with hesitation? Just a little bit! (7)
- Something for breakfast produced without alarm being set off (9)
- Roll of notes? (5)
- It brings down blushing with unusual cure (7)
- Wash hair with this artificial crap? (7)
- Fabric moved back and forth noisily (5)
- Care if top gets pulled down a bit in sale (7)
- Quit area of expertise? That's weird! (4-5)
- Complicated plan is to include lead from Impressionist artist's medium (3,6)
- Sicilian city gets to a state of near paralysis (9)
- Implement silent treatment after you called out (7)
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