Cryptic crossword No 3,579
Mon 15 Jun 2026, set byDoughnut
Special Instructions: This puzzle is entitled "Two Little Ducks"
Across
- A830 drives in Scotland, right around entrance taken off A82, say (6)
- Greek character cut by blade, a mother's usurped king and commander (10)
- Like Euler's numbers, including fourths of huit, decem and vier (10)
- Drinks are on me as I live on the edge (7)
- Kent, in England... doesn't sound familiar? (4)
- Must have been over 500 rejecting British (4)
- No ...XYZ replica, thus? (7)
- Bones found in church by detective (4)
- Letter of agreement after increasingly smooth form of persuasion (8)
- Minimum 2 star-reviewed housing (2,5)
- Hawks gobbling away, they'd rather scratch than trust (8)
- 8 performing for 30 total minutes dropped set that is beyond dry (6)
- I'm 8 going on 30 - no age limit to enter trainee accountant's (5)
- Not polished off prior to tidy-up (7)
- Nice way to say 'sup's wine (4)
Down
- Hymn describing source of acclaim and honour? Quite the reverse (8)
- Ringing tech support, rung (861) 180-1308 (5)
- You are a cheeky behind and horse's butthole! (8)
- Hospital department to warrant bubble (6)
- Wayfarers and aviators with evergreen acuity for direction at the helm (7)
- Provided natural sunblock Biff's wearing lasts for the whole day (8)
- One's inspired by articles written about bird from tropical island (9)
- See 7d
- State of the Nation (7)
- Assassin badly hurt target's head, to be covered with plaster (3-6)
- Walking, working, winding up in bed (2,4)
- Outwardly show tendency to mix up, placing 8 before 30 (6-6)
- What I'll do to you if you don't get this? (5)
- Protein supplement scam that's somehow legal (8)
- Going through traffic, on time for 8:30's meeting (5)
- 17 musing on what Mike and Sue discovered (5)
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