Cryptic crossword No 3,906
Fri 11 Sep 2026, set bySisyphus
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Special Instructions: You never know…
Across
- Maybe Thomas and Doug accepting time in can (8)
- Shatter rib leaving Ivan famously imprisoned (8)
- Our shining mythic setter declared to have less up top (6)
- Tricked Deb endlessly with device needing twist in the tail reversal (8)
- One side of 17a numerically clued by another setter here (6)
- The one behind ‘The Ring’, a notorious group of mercenaries (6)
- Feature of table-setting challenges his skill here (4)
- Bit of opera? (10)
- Update image of political party with link to Austria (8)
- Pleasant drink (7)
- Climax as Northern Ireland expelled from ‘thing’ (6)
- Viking ‘Godfather’ appears to deny racket (4)
- Setter’s activity featuring international tests (7)
- Abandoning Tyneside, about out one mile out in estate? (10)
Down
- Indulge Greek character returning in time of fame (6)
- Encourage taking time out for make believe (8)
- Any digit up to 8 (6)
- Last objective- Yorkshire flower (6)
- One way to get out when in? (3,6,6)
- Weirdly love road tax too much (8)
- Reject ‘first shall be last’ back-to-front referendum (4)
- 25a good at washing (6,9)
- Tomboy originally, pirate later, two and the same reasons we’re all here Finding Lara! (4,6)
- Singular-sounding individual (4)
- Core cycling design overturned after twist in tailpiece spotted (10)
- Dramatic ‘Everyone out - punt’s beginning to go under river!’ (6)
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