Cryptic crossword No 3,875
Fri 4 Sep 2026, set byHasslethymi
5
Across
- Perfect example of sequences in transformation keeping time (12)
- Bending line of unknown composition (7)
- Nothing hidden in Persian king's photocopies (7)
- Move abroad, leaving Gateshead for Dubai, say (7)
- Twist a yarn in piercing jet (4,3)
- Writhing eel throttles silver bird (5)
- Absorb the woolly wraparounds (9)
- It beats Dr Spooner's lithium, for example (4,5)
- Relish tucking into colossal saveloy (5)
- Traditional Catholic girl in charge (7)
- Cry about Universal Time being rejected (4,3)
- Banger with initially somewhat awkward handling (7)
- Had salty beer removed and tested for alcohol content (12)
- Native American sounds like a Jay-Z wannabe with a garden implement (7)
Down
- Pipes quake loosely onboard steamship (7)
- Cat suit for gymnast replacing troupe leader with pothead (7)
- Orally examine someone from central Europe (5)
- Sounds like trying to make a pot is what the British are good at (7)
- Close around nameless ape (7)
- Can the German fight potentially explosive situation? (9)
- Sex is going over boundaries (5)
- Formerly more like a count, we hear! (7)
- Old dandy is someone who steers groom (7)
- Post personal possessions and there will be consequences (12)
- Titanic sofas designed for comfort (12)
- Dog comes after opening of the jars and bolts (5,4)
- Endlessly pop a query that's more vague (7)
- Cosmetic feature of Grandma's caravan (7)
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