Cryptic crossword No 3,891
Tue 8 Sep 2026, set byGennaro
Unrated
Special Instructions: 18a is a major theme of a surrounding work
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I don’t get up that early but here I am again! Lovely puzzle Gennaro, full of variety in your choices of indicators, some of which (eg basically and fundamentally) I had to check because they seemed counterintuitive. I started in the SW corner and was scratching my brain trying to guess the nina until 13a suddenly provided the key- which helped speed things up with the rest of the puzzle. Favourites were 9a, 10a, 13a (saving the heart of!), 18a, 2d, 4d (Geneva indeed!), 6d, 14d, 16d (nice def).
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