Cryptic crossword No 3,556
Tue 9 Jun 2026, set byDrumcraft
Special Instructions: My Puzzle #33
Across
- Scholar goes to dryer church (8)
- Beginning to rein in anger towards Middle East is pointless (10)
- Before end of June refurb is too 13 (6)
- Skips searches (6)
- Sheer scale of more tiny characters going crazy! (8)
- Grey-brown tree found in old Durham (6)
- Now bring in good fuel (4)
- Minute kind dog runs around island nation (6,7)
- Quarrelsome artist returns to stick four in half-open gallery (13)
- Mention secretary is held after European guy is free (10)
- Swot starts to build on new examples (4)
- Time to bring people together outside and reflect (8)
- Include Greeks holding qualification (6)
- Thinks about female donkeys? (8)
Down
- Wild erotic English group! (7)
- Run away from mix up after desk is smashed! (9)
- Second-year mothers work out internal signs (8)
- Tip up part of tank replica (4)
- Making better gun grip and empty barrels (9)
- Bob may return in France or another old country (4)
- Mark takes adroit regular characters... (3)
- When going on holiday switch halves of burden (8)
- Turn back for drinks (4)
- Group’s lawsuit takes time (5)
- Do they join up drains? (6)
- Sharp taste of basil in toasted egg starters (4)
- Dress male in footwear... (5)
- Scorer gets around – about to make breakthrough (6)
- ...Weak material (4)
- Blusher’s strange urge to acquire ring (5)
- ...Childlike first character provided backing for new starter (4)
- Jewels for band’s comeback hit (5)
- Sadly Socrates lost ball to player (7)
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