Cryptic crossword No 4,090
Fri 30 Oct 2026, set byBaldur
Tricky
2
Across
- Ultimately team launches comeback for last-minute lead? (5)
- Support comes from banks not participating in summits (4)
- Finally acquired flood rescue vessel that's badly lit (4)
- Agency worker abused deer and is restrained (8)
- Graduation problem is to be eliminated (6)
- Well-built schoolboy's content to be a shit (6)
- On the way back, the French from Chester maybe had a leak (5)
- Headcase mostly liked heartless old Sinn Fein leader's shenanigans (11)
- It could be hook a duck's something to have fun with? (4,4)
- Journalist hounds ridiculously soft inspector (6)
- No space for alien transporter left inside chemical base (6)
- Without favouring author, titanic figure turns to praise briefly as expected (3,5)
- A grand day out? (4)
- Impressively large JPEG? (4)
- Take advantage again of facility in Champagne city centre's terminus (8)
Down
- Over time fellow identifies faults (7)
- Extravagant accommodation for refugees? (4)
- Stay up after getting end away, being dirty (4)
- Cut with glucose primarily, supply crack that often makes you laugh (8,4)
- Understand the cost for Spooner, correct? (7)
- Various people scattered with snake interrupting radio broadcast on Sunday (9)
- Naval force remains unexpectedly after August (5,7)
- Old playground in Tyne & Wear abandoned for one with light? (5,4)
- To begin with researchers obviously underestimated the English way (5)
- Previously released interloper befriended reporters essentially (7)
- Soldiers did well and were intimidating (7)
- Charlie met with guards (4)
- Display house in Cornwall? (4)
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