Cryptic crossword No 3,914
Mon 14 Sep 2026, set byGennaro
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Special Instructions: A hidden phrase is an example of using 15d
Across
- Detect moral flaw (4)
- Fancy women with religious air by the sound of it (4)
- Skill seen in instrumental entertainment (6)
- Fresh herb (4)
- Love of the French for poetic songs (4)
- Hot body satisfied English Lord at heart (6)
- Empty romance, rough sounding option (8)
- Upset with sleep regularly gone after tent collapse (6)
- Trial location of 'love goddess', free of society prejudice finally (5)
- Person on guard dispatched garbled line (8)
- Barbaric rite involving grand cat (5)
- Player of music starts to study trumpet by ear without advanced theory essentially (6)
- Woman's garment arrived packed with soil unfortunately (8)
- Old man on church step (4)
- Bit of Scotch drained by friends periodically (5)
- Deer with special identifying mark (4)
- Affected with illness, died consuming salty waters (8)
Down
- Feature of self-help methodology upset church (6)
- Soldiers thwarted by physical training left (4)
- Spiritless conservative party won at last (6)
- Average chap taking ecstasy (4)
- Predecessor of liberal senator caught (8)
- Pack some clothes to wear (4)
- Brought up rubbish supporting state instructor (5)
- Plunders stringed instruments we gather (5)
- Chaste and kind saint (6)
- Conductor with German songs for the audience (6)
- Badger in river with fish (4)
- Secure sea mammal (4)
- Delay ousting director in partnership (8)
- Record initially in college showing sound reasoning (5)
- Criminal intent ran endlessly in the communications within company (8)
- Troy awake with the beginnings of rigidity seen in breeches (8)
- Calm Adam's mate over the end of union (4)
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