Cryptic crossword No 3,658
Tue 7 Jul 2026, set bySerbosh
Special Instructions: This puzzle was featured on Big Dave’s Crossword Blog Rookie Corner 636. Reposted here with kind permission.
Across
- Infant’s father is tense being associated with artistic movement (7)
- Wacky, endless anecdote including a pest settling in Australia (4,4)
- Groovy music from Tool? (6)
- Frequent squatter starts to organise payment of substantial amount of money (7)
- Misguidedly assault Iran for southern nationals (11)
- East End tramp’s highly flammable liquid (8)
- Discourage inmate misbehaving: settled (11)
- Errands regularly taken on by US work animal (8)
- Fly from Thailand with group to borders of Singapore (6)
- Spineless ones with camouflaged arms? (6)
- Tree huggers return fine unfortunately (6)
- Wolves, deceivers… vermin (4,4)
Down
- Maybe Volkswagen reversed right instead of left to get amphibian (4)
- Some, not all erections reaching higher point (6)
- Stroked Cynthia's skin before bringing up unfinished pudding (8)
- Boxer fighting ok with a groan (8)
- Realised careers of the stars (8)
- Herb (in Chicago) playing clarionet without energy… (8)
- …and the other people left accept refrain occasionally (2,6)
- Old friend’s a gem (4)
- Six-footer joins cult (6)
- Sign of healing seen in mollusc abnormality (4)
- Strong dislike of athletic type (8)
- Dune director changes position with new state of attire (4)
- Finale of SNL impersonation shows lack of scope (10)
- One cold-blooded fellow found in leaves by emergency room (10)
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