Cryptic crossword No 3,769
Thu 6 Aug 2026, set byPodger
Special Instructions: Populating the grid will reveal a bonus ball which might be clued, "French man twice hands in basic cheese omelette – funny, they often go wrong" (3,4,4,7,1,4,2,3)
Across
- Boy claims introduction of legal limit on age can be relaxed (7)
- Record breaking chefs avoid stuffing mushrooms (4)
- Tiger for instance trapped by Pakistani males (6)
- Eastern European man is upset by Georgia joining “no sex from the back” direction (10)
- Star worked without end after entry to elite (6)
- Abusive phrase comes back very loudly from football spectator (4,3)
- Print of Tony Meo going nuts, having secured championship at last (8)
- Prime bits of Dalek seen on Area 51 compound (6)
- Legal principle set out by revolutionary pope, Leo the First (8)
- Orange-y colour is Trump’s readiest identifiable characteristic at first glance (6)
- Husband and general flipping bounder! (4)
- Originally train operator’s regular tickets included two-pound adult flat fare (8)
- Simpleton student omitted to cook peppers (8)
- New settlers discovered a small bit of honeycomb and hives (6,4)
Down
- Note contained wisdom, possibly broken down into smaller pieces (7)
- Elite club accepts Labour- and Liberals' leaders? No, I got that wrong! (4,1,3)
- For instance, Jonathan Thomas turned out short programmes (7)
- Go too far in French train, catching first glimpse of Rhine (8)
- Asian gentleman recalled “If” by Kipling's contents, surprisingly, with love (8)
- Greeting old Communist dictator very strongly, make an immediate alliance (3,2,3)
- Drumming in time with finale of “Africa” (Toto’s hit) (6)
- In Scotland, a lot of dirt is seen on cut field (6)
- Prayer that is chanted in two notes ascending (5,3)
- Sentence for a serious criminal in the future? (4,4)
- In 2000, leaderless Irish county embraced a form of Communism (6)
- Down about personnel issues? See a psychiatrist! (6)
- Useless piece of shite, so it obviously gets sent back! (6)
- Lawrence welcomed in new year in restaurant (6)
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