Cryptic crossword No 3,952
Thu 24 Sep 2026, set bySkirwingle
5
Across
- Copper pot’s nicer when repaired (9)
- Dressed former pupil, overdrawn? (5)
- Mark’s starting to count bullets on the counter (5)
- Bill’s singing well (7)
- Zombie perhaps has a whip round for gymnast (7)
- Well, Luke’s aunt initially proposed to sleep it off (5,2)
- Take prize medal to hippie musical, and sit up here (4,5)
- Written text allowing king Edward in (9)
- Tech billionaire sounds raspy after losing Republican (5)
- Marco Longhi’s got such guts (5)
- It’s clear that busy loo gets messy around six (9)
- Take public transport back to shop (4)
- Recall melody after arranging sonata for restful places (9)
- They provide refuge from dodgy slum, say (7)
- Duke has mad sprint (4)
- End of game reserve after I dug out manual (9)
Down
- Spooner’s label on orca possibly says ‘bird’ (7)
- Chain found in the French war machine when cycling (6)
- Iffy squash regularly consumed (3)
- In houses, find ear-related signs being studied (9)
- Meeting to test the patience of good person (5)
- Set rag in Breton to see unusual punctuation (11)
- Upcoming AI agent has personnel department beat (5)
- Ban Affleck movie following heads of European merchant banks (7)
- Fast act Jay-Z performs without enthusiasm (7)
- Fancy invites: drag shows should benefit from this (11)
- Split time off to go into recording (7)
- One way to travel in Euskirchen (3)
- Had to lose husband then learn about popular hormone (9)
- A long way to explain grammar of first of clues (6)
- Be impressed by god’s language (7)
- Uniform price you texted me (7)
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