Cryptic crossword No 3,604
Tue 23 Jun 2026, set byPodger
Special Instructions: Populating the grid will reveal a "bonus ball" which might be clued: A line from Churchill about marital relations: “Drunkenly, I tried to ride your wife mid-air on wings of Nighthawk” (2,1,4,7,2,3,2,5,2)
Across
- Scotsmen are not just “economical”, they’re parsimonious, ultimately they’re stingy! (7)
- Discrimination in Saudi Arabia essentially is set in stone (6)
- Broad suffering with cut muscle (8)
- Proprietor wants pop to be drunk in wine producing environment (7)
- Setter's forward with old queen – it's not right! (8)
- Destiny of King is fulfilled (6)
- For Spooner, spiced beverage becomes a form of self-defence (3,3)
- Ceremony of introduction in home to welcome Spanish aunt and uncle (10)
- Regret nothing following termination of contract - it never did run smooth (4,4)
- Bird or birds going west (4)
- England cricketer's jumper and shirt (4)
- An area of land, close to cricket spectators’ seating, where a bowler might rest (8)
- Monarch nicked Zulu fur clothing, becoming susceptible to blackmail (10)
- Quit career over inappropriate relationship, ultimately (6)
Down
- TV police consultant presses cop about source of evidence (8)
- Left wingers for Liverpool FC (4)
- “Lionheart? Richard’s Crown Is Missing!” could become a comic opera (8)
- Intellectual loses face - it’s deserved (6)
- Newspaper covers each achievement (4)
- Sport writer held up online event (7)
- Comedy performer ITV dropped from Victor Hugo adaptation (7)
- Willis B’s ex gets hitched (6)
- Request nibble during reception (8)
- Mid-century wingless chair is Asian (4)
- Top civil servant initially horrified by trade union leaders' language (6)
- Othello, for instance, possesses a bit of tenacity and drive (5)
- After the sixth note on the scale of C, Elton discovered singing voice (4)
- Spain could not regularly take out Portugal’s former capital (6)
- Soldier pursues my dog (5)
- In Panama for instance, most of land's protected - it's something to take in (8)
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