Cryptic crossword No 4,088
Thu 29 Oct 2026, set byNoether
Moderate
2
Across
- Blue moon, with hunted at large (4,2,3,5)
- Proper time for reservists with uniform (3)
- Knight entering district finds scene of combat (5)
- Rightful son, out with husband, heading for Antarctica (3,5)
- Solid path surrounds wild god (6)
- Ghost in a tower keeps repeating phrase (8)
- Get up river for part of a flight (5)
- Farmer’s kid brother, reportedly, is up to it (4)
- Sharp gash admitted to casualty (5)
- Spot the bride's portion (3)
- A rector almost quarrels with the boss — what’s the point? (9)
- Ages without a working day? (5,2,7)
- Several carafe wines sampled (1,3)
- Say, Lizzie’s back with grand debts — shocking! (9)
- Enrolled nurse with unknown name is first to show boredom (5)
- Poles finally collapse, scattered (6)
Down
- Nobody conducted a London orchestra previously (4-3)
- From start to finish, little one's story (4)
- Competently entertaining upper-class lady for all to hear (7)
- Beginning to dismiss class (6)
- Architect removing coat from road surface (4)
- Thin disguise for clue (4)
- French one accepted having no master (7)
- Throatily, hound swallows Italian article (7)
- Taunted bishop on island with harbingers of eternal damnation (6)
- Fabulous fire basket on the radio (5)
- Scorn for massacre mostly fabricated (7)
- Wife replacing daughter on fiddle is of little consequence (5)
- Old-timer’s money, a San Francisco speciality (9,5)
- Artist with tie often askew gets vacation, perhaps, for prime rate? (4,2,8)
- Excess of love poetry about you (7)
- Helpful grip's top ring (4)
Noether has provided annotated solutions for this crossword.
question_answer
Be the first to comment!
0 comments