Cryptic crossword No 4,048
Wed 21 Oct 2026, set byCredence
Moderate
2
Across
- Explain Trent getting involved with Peri (9)
- Young woman in pursuit of press box in which victim was held (4,6)
- Initially undecided between two names for sister (3)
- Attendants stressed as we tweaked (12)
- Glad to be going up in value (12)
- Stoic in a humorous way? (10)
- Broke down and sacked solid devs (9)
- Poland kicked out of Prize in favour of Switzerland - it's sick (7)
- Sore from cruel training (5)
- Setter confused after time’s cut short (5)
- Less pleasant wine drunk by New England region primarily (7)
- Little piggy taking last of trout from bear? (3)
- Eliminate potential clue to lure? (4,3)
- Anthology of wrestling moves back in “Returned” bin? Quite the opposite (7)
Down
- Hands-on practice in the embrace of vampire I kissed (5)
- Regarding the way horses walk in a row (2,3,4)
- Lady unfortunately bears son (8)
- Devil-worshipper gets at Aniston’s innards (8)
- Man stood shaking, becoming giant beast (8)
- Tolerate pilot taking cocaine before physical therapy (6)
- A French officer circling round square (6)
- Shady affair in space we can’t see, allegedly (4,6)
- Relative (American) lives between Colorado and Indiana (6)
- Fruit cored and stuffed with veg is satisfying (8)
- Old Macdonald’s farm half replaced by now, having lost width? (4)
- Husband and wife swap positions before experimenting with her vice (any of them) (9)
- Successive pairs of stealthily emerging galleons heard in multiple directions (6)
- Wife leaves one who marries metal tree? (5)
- To start, Ryan orders terrible Italian bread (4)
- Explosive ending of play with lava theme - performed by 5 in this grid? (5,5)
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