Cryptic crossword No 3,959
Sat 26 Sep 2026, set bySalamander
Special Instructions: Marks my 10th effort. Feedback always welcome.
Across
- Tempestuous Shakespearean character (not Bottom) with sex appeal and unknown fortune (10)
- Mrs Grundy beginning to enjoy adopting nasty entitlement (9)
- Keen as mustard at first, sours inside by noon (5)
- Bone up close to the start of test (5)
- Put forth cryptic tort (4,3)
- Mother avoids yeasty spread after Lawrence finds insect (7)
- Greek character droned on confusingly about dead tree (12)
- Taking part in tantric hijinks provides vital energy (3)
- First lady in 1930s to publicise fabric softener on the radio (7)
- Consider umpire's call to put a cork in it! (7)
- Remove from the social club? (9)
- Rips up romp with brio and debasement (10)
- Stand and loiter oddly (3)
- Refine top GPS in order to find woodland on London's borders (6,6)
Down
- This system is the same no matter which way you look at it (5)
- Tried to follow messy instructions section initially and overestimated (9)
- Instruction to avoid the raffle? (2,3,5)
- Loopy from drug after drug (8)
- Two-piece band to begin with before relations beset by egos (6)
- Discuss: 12 + 21 = Fruit (6)
- Waste fluid (5)
- Interpol is lying about concealing missile facility (4)
- Former Muslim historically coming to South West region (6)
- Provides witty remarks online? (6)
- Fool essentially squanders most of salary on crap (10)
- This channel principally splits up Egyptian zones (4)
- Disparaged having dubbed with myself replacing original actor (8)
- Spooner's heathland bivouacs lead to pains in the neck (8)
- Resolutely cool Hemingway without hint of affectation (2,7)
- Current copilot unfortunately a party animal (8)
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