Cryptic crossword No 3,986
Sun 4 Oct 2026, set byPrimus
Tricky
2
Special Instructions: Season's greetings
Across
- Shares in last bit of shore leave - that's special (8)
- If expert emptied oxygen out... (8)
- Success regularly patrolling border plots (7)
- 'Santa Claus not a hollow fable' distorted truth (11)
- Ignorant Indian prince sacrificing boy in northern river (7)
- ... some respiration mutually reversed Pierre's fall (6)
- Society queen implicated in affair getting protection (4,6)
- Wife following antivaccinationist's lead in declining cover (6)
- God damages bar (4)
- Moper hates fresh air (10)
- Judge lying on bed initially wanting heroin (4)
- Feminine warriors' leader merely checking mother (7)
- Permission to open hull of commander's chopper (7)
Down
- Canes hags supporting suggestion of sadism (8)
- Promotion on active media zone is commonplace in Times Square (1,4,1,5)
- Laura briefly taken aback bolstering accountant's gains (7)
- A terribly exhausted self-righteous state is exceptional (8)
- Evergreen Fight Club? (7)
- Unit for one stuck in Bury? (7)
- Ensconced in posh car oddly ignored dental maladjustment (3,3)
- Teacher harmed seat cruelly (10)
- Retires from middle of tiles on edge of roof (6)
- Old South American and tattoo artist in conversation (4)
- April undressed Martha's sister first (7)
- Boy covering naked soul with cunning accepted gold resoundingly (10)
- Heavy metal guitarist orders liberal drugs to begin with (4)
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