Cryptic crossword No 3,656
Tue 7 Jul 2026, set byPodger
Special Instructions: Populating the grid will reveal a bonus ball which might be clued, "Somehow number one single in US is him?! Really gutted for British duo's singing"
Across
- He has a guarantee for millions, I gather (8)
- God, we're told, manages to make predictions for the future (10)
- Guy gets a glimpse of underwear – saucy stuff! (4)
- Sick of Streeting turning on party’s leader? (4)
- Parents get hold of Hendrix regularly - they can talk to the dead (7)
- After rape case, forensic training intensifies (10)
- Arts supporters are slippery types when drunk (6)
- The leaders of Luddism originally opposed mechanisation in weaving equipment (4)
- Porcelain in Rome is sensational (7)
- Nazis overcome Reds when fiendishly cunning (10)
- You and I repeatedly consume superior port – it's exorbitant! (8)
- Botanist repeatedly lacks time to develop horticultural technique (6)
- An overwhelming increase in posh people owning diamonds (10)
- US state university brought back mortarboard (4)
Down
- Start to explore Sunday papers over coffee (8)
- Primate gives bishop a lift (6)
- State controls deployment of binmen in China’s capital (8)
- Exercise a touch of restraint with German authority (6)
- Infidel is a mix of 10 and 12 (6)
- Heavy metal band creates a small disturbance in Minnesota (8)
- Bloody sensible, drinking half of stout (8)
- Bob, a name to conjure with - or Jack! (6)
- Spice elevated fish in the Caribbean (6)
- Opponents claim fries and coke, taken regularly, causes major damage (6)
- Booze establishment you and I drink in extremely regularly (6)
- Pavlova has energy for one dance (8)
- After refusal of Chanel, for instance, smell rubbish! (8)
- Disco this lad discovered in part of Greece (6)
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