Cryptic crossword No 4,026
Wed 14 Oct 2026, set byZero
Unrated
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Across
- City publicise cycling zone after silence (6)
- Asian dippers by source of water, cavorting on stone, skipping east (7)
- Dance to Latin accompaniment (6)
- Sailor, one of seven with final dregs of malt, and explosive spirit (8)
- Plant in mobile network infiltrates telecoms giant (4)
- Band that created Strange Brew with a lot of roadies ushering in morning (5)
- Hot rocks left to become cold and bubbly (4)
- First couple of rolls with wife's sauce base (4)
- Ribbons from Bologna label, bottom in review by fashion magazine (11)
- Nonsense surrounding haughty broadcast screening glimpses of Abe Jay’s spicy balls (6)
- Scratches outside popular venues (6)
- Joe from Jamaica with belly of guavas, doubled over (4)
- Choice example from Chic makeup regularly on the counter (5)
- Old case for powder found in headgear worn by judge put back in dispute (8)
- Horse accompanying Napoleon at front, galloping at beginning and end of Waterloo! (7)
Down
- Winces from disheartened writers shipping AI (6)
- Brew bottled on behalf of Granny Smith? (5)
- Husband knocked back most of candy mix (6)
- Friend, in recess, confessed over first of smoky infusions (8)
- Twitch hosts live keynote (5)
- Heat up da city Jamaican style — Sweet (11)
- College introduces absurd memos on course, requiring clarification (8)
- Letters from council raging over bulb? (6)
- Part of France's tradition, including era of Louis XIV among others, on podcast (8)
- Parking by meadow with fine aromatic (3,4)
- Bill scratching backside after agency strike for some dough? (8)
- .. Small fish succeeded and evades capture (6)
- Forage fish with disheveled Navy receiving docked rations ... (7)
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