Cryptic crossword No 3,885
Sun 6 Sep 2026, set byPhibes
7
Across
- Intelligent content of Oracle version (6)
- It is a rum mixture, this dessert (8)
- See 26d
- Museum of the blind? (6)
- ... and the ants follow a beaver's construction (4)
- Melted, if ice covers a building? (7)
- Learnt about lease? (6)
- Sharpshooter - the bargain Queen? (6)
- Rule in Paris may create a state (6)
- We hover around any person? (7)
- Of no use, sex at first - it's a burden (4)
- Oxygen evacuated within European city (6)
- Residence found in an Alabama trailer park? (6,4)
- Obstructed to begin with, how I never did expect real economic delivery (8)
- Troon tonic brewed for 29a? (10)
- Tit's wing flapping for 24a? (8)
Down
- Solver is a gambler? Sure thing! (3,3)
- Somali spokesman has a little speech impediment (4)
- Cartoon strongman drops the old poet (4)
- A bit of extra cereal? (5)
- A Soviet fighter has no foreign friend (5)
- Hardy takes one on for actor Laurence (7)
- Negative repeated around Midday (4)
- Load van, tag everything, giving an edge (9)
- Carbs as I cooked cabbages, etc (8)
- One unit error brings back a little entourage (7)
- Spirit found in Ascot chemist? (6)
- Confused? Not he! (2,3,8)
- Timber club? (4)
- Re-develop Narnia, not including a Scottish town (5)
- Log scale adjustment for artworks (8)
- CIA not due to reform teaching? (9)
- Shakespeare's King goes head-to-toe for nobleman (4)
- Rice wine oddly sparkles? (4)
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