Cryptic crossword No 3,855
Sat 29 Aug 2026, set byCaritas
Special Instructions: Draft for a learned society's newsletter; any feedback appreciated. Six of the answers, plus a valediction hidden in the grid, mark a distinguished member's recent retirement
Across
- Turns in some looser iterations in review (7)
- Converted saint seen out (9)
- Perhaps King Arthur's ankle? (6)
- Achilles knocks workshy Aesop out cold (5)
- Thence makes a mess of the former (9)
- Cause of anxiety driving electric car in mountains (5)
- Wrong to be enthralled by course in weaponry (9)
- Too randy in some measure (3)
- Bush originally beat Reagan in Arkansas race (5)
- Nobleman that runs round healthy is wearing fleece (9)
- Dearest heart asleep (7)
- Believes is time in the PM briefly (6)
- Rush with half the energy amounts to trot (3)
- Trigger recording of raven's cries (5)
- One's attested cry of pain echoes after sign (7)
Down
- Fragrant fruit with slice of smelly cheese (6)
- Auditor's tax in bank (5)
- Quietly moves clear of large stock (6)
- Notes influenced by esoteric school of thought (7)
- Think piece keeps journalist after work (2-2)
- Chase arises from glimpses of dachshund or greyhound (3)
- Where to rest stiff drink in the auditorium (4)
- Lament over nicked money (3)
- Cleric endlessly streams old shows (6)
- Like medicine, once aggressive doctor replaces the missing pill (8)
- Old relative is foolish if proper (4)
- More fermented? I'm not sure - the old Italian wine is superior (8)
- Norwegian king has no throne (4)
- Reverse again, about to burn rubber (6)
- Men with seed scattered land (7)
- Double note reverberates around somewhat (5)
- Principally contains agricultural lime, chalky in consistency (6)
- Cocktail for bores (6)
- Disembowelled dissident in shock (4)
- Factor in height, area and weight when empty (4)
- Saloon car marked up? (3)
- Have pole, will ultimately fish (3)
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