Cryptic crossword No 3,664
Thu 9 Jul 2026, set byspider
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Special Instructions: Labour of love?
Across
- Maybe Rachel runs round the block (6)
- Horses escaping from trap have chains round their necks (6)
- Safety guards (8)
- Semiconductor compressing image (4)
- The publican east of junction 5 is Jeremy Clarkson (2,4)
- Former PM and detective touring the Holy Land (8)
- A levy facing foreign tea is put off (8)
- First 60% of their winnings reportedly for Mo? (3,7)
- Asked what Spanish rock bands I ultimately liked (10)
- Holborn MP Mark retires in disgrace (4,7)
- Right wingers repay Trump for blowing up shed (6,5)
- Wedding interrupted by leader of Slipknot in concert (6)
- Patience rewriting MAGA creed after dropping an E (4,4)
Down
- See 12a
- Police cocked up in remit and quit (8)
- Buggers up part of Starmer's dossier (4)
- Old Greek is charged with the stuffing of Diana (6)
- Back seats not for Reform (6,2)
- Rook to check for match (7)
- Bury handyman breaks down forgetting why he used to run a metro (4,7)
- See 6d
- Harry, Pat and occasionally Cain made up old boys club (10)
- Old Man Utd goalie cleans up at the back (6)
- Lammy possibly coming out of the closet with priest (7,8)
- Rosemary Holly potentially the first lady on the right to head eco-party (10)
- Wants Sadiq Kahn among others thrown in river with substantial anchor (7)
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