Cryptic crossword No 3,921
Wed 16 Sep 2026, set bySalt
Special Instructions: One additional unclued phrase is thematically placed and appropriately hidden within the grid
Across
- Not entirely sound choice (4)
- Mostly likely choose over 50% off total with skill (10)
- Old attendant led by the old farmer (6)
- Lobby hard to get everything (4)
- Stellar son resembling Salt? (8)
- Bother doctor with a complaint in the rear (4)
- British gentleman returns to face evil in state capital (8)
- Villain in atoning develops into a saint (10)
- United bit of grapefruit with core of wild round fruit (4)
- Top clue (4)
- Disputes coming from lapsed converts (9)
- Gym to enter running competition (4)
- Ruler in USA desperate to import almost nothing (8)
- Mother eating fried rice filling up while in new world (8)
- Collected toxin without active core ingredients in needle (6)
- Spot Oscar part way through wild night, letting off steam? (6,3)
Down
- Embracing a soul struggling with sixth sense (8)
- Keep quiet about taking on former student (7)
- A record height (3)
- Strong king rejected schooling (5)
- Butterfly parade (7)
- Cargo carried aloft for transfer to off-site storage (6)
- Old gods keeled over in surprise attack (5)
- Military transport can pick odd characters to be left behind (3)
- Skin and bones suffer punishing run (8)
- Plant dirt about celebrity (7)
- Run riot and stuff gold in sack around church (7)
- Lie about limit of Mao's involvement in Leap Forward (6)
- Shoddy shed finally about to fall (5)
- Rogue carrying bass opening for Led Zeppelin (5)
- Capitalist finally out of cash (3)
- Discovered traditional drink (5)
- Sage is one lacking in practical experience (5)
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