Cryptic crossword No 3,950
Thu 24 Sep 2026, set byPentman
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Thanks Pentman! Catching up after some time out and this was a nice way back in. Everything resolved pretty smoothly, sometimes with the definitions jumping out before the parsing brain got engaged! I especially enjoyed 6a (nice device), 11a (tourists indeed!), 20a, 3d and 21d (I’m still getting used to this way round of ‘leaving’). Only wee quibblet was the ‘a’ in 14a. Cheers.
Thanks for another entertaining puzzle, Pentman. Lots of good clues with 6a (clever!), 11a, 5d, 9d, 13d and 21d my particular favourites. Two minor grumbles: the "a" in 14a is loitering slightly awkwardly; and in 22a, I've only ever gone for a bevvy in Glasgow, never a bevy - but a homophone indicator would easily put it right.
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