Cryptic crossword No 3,818
Thu 20 Aug 2026, set byOuroboros
Special Instructions: The entry at 22a is not found in Chambers but can be justified online.
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Thanks Ouroboros, definitely not a walk in the park- probably partly a hemisphere thing. Failed with the key clue, also 22a and 24d. However I very much liked 26a (though the -ly tail a slight dampener), 29a, 3d, 6d, 8d, 15d (particularly clever) and 19d. Off to research this new bedtime reading further. Cheers!
Quite a number of unknown solutions or unknown elements in WP in this one made it tricky. I knew the first bit of the key phrase but not the second and I'm afraid I wasn't gonna wrestle with what looked like a 60 letter anagram! 29a, 1d and 19d (which, funnily enough, is not a chestnut for me) make up my podium. Thanks. PM
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