Cryptic crossword No 3,490
Sun 24 May 2026, set byAbdul
Special Instructions: Big thank you to Liari and Lowdown for help with testing!
Across
- Twist of speech impediment in which 'L' is replaced with 'W'? (4)
- French hazelnut plant's eclipsed by Portuguese night (8)
- Decline from bad back, on the verge of death (5)
- Inseam’s cut, so finally, linen's on the racks (2,6)
- No mother to hug, for example (8)
- Fell sick by hospital (4)
- Atheist's exhausted by Christian observance inspiring government hours completely (2,6)
- Old quack’s experiment with mice involves pliers occasionally (7)
- Son’s playing part of husband in Hamlet — a little fishy? (6)
- Ignore menacing bears beginning to stalk Yank around (9)
- Rice Uni's last to back graduates confronting maths out of high school (7)
- Get rat-tail, shaving sides and top of noggin (6)
- Any senior, in a way? (2,2,5)
- America’s overwhelmed by ruler being a wild ass (5)
Down
- Close books a long time before start of lecture (7)
- God's returning me back to ground strengthened (5)
- I oscillate around areas (10)
- Patient woman of legend starts to get restless if Dale's being annoying (8)
- I drink, getting interrupted by male worker — "Dear?" (9)
- Wearing shirt with hemp stripped together (2,6)
- Paid amateur improves after losing versus drunk (4-3)
- Oddly, A’s can be unwanted marks? (4)
- Instruction from a wygienist? (4)
- Mermaid's heart-broken from salmon being treated as shark bait (5)
- HDMI cable regularly used for controller? (4)
- Imam's tunic is made out of paper? (10)
- Train alternative that is Elon's latest Tesla? ETA's going up (9)
- Text of old adult dons: "OMG! Incorrect!" (4)
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