Cryptic crossword No 3,978
Sat 3 Oct 2026, set byPodger
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Thanks Podger. I didn't find that a cakewalk but yet another cleverly themed crossword with the usual entertaining surfaces. I needed the notes to parse 2d, 21a and 23a( smitten?) though. It's difficult to identify highlights from so many good clues but probably 11a, 14a, 16a,20a, 7d, 14d and 24d are the icing on the cake.
Sweet and a bit chewy! It was great fun as the dessert trolley revealed itself. Some I figured out from crossers and reverse parsed, but all were fun aha moments, even the NHO definitions like 22d. Faves include: 10a,11a,14a (top fave), 16a (great surface!), 3d,7d,14d. I solved but didn't fully "get" 2d till reading your notes - very clever indeed!
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