The Sunday Crossword No. 3303

April 18, 2024 12:38 pm | Updated 12:39 pm IST

Across

1 Polar animal’s stomach? (4)

3 Performing culinary operation on –foolishly – rock pigeon (10)

9 In conversation, much time shared by you and me (4)

10 Eggs and lice covering rancid president’s workplace (4,6)

11 Cheers that man, earlier sad, starting to brood (4,3,5)

15 Sluggishness, batting: time to win it back? (7)

16 Dog’s cross: that is, a little labradoodle (7)

17 Unbroken, like a Manx cat? (7)

19 Colloquially, largest; most like the ocean? (7)

20 Some sets of twins resemble each other(7,5)

23 Trade ideas, wild wishes (10)

24 Illegally assist a venture (4)

25 Flights that may lead to landings? (10)

26 Step back, seeing Afghans, Abyssinians, etc? (4)

Down

1 Dilapidated sideboards getting batterings (10)

2 So, hardware flying around? (10)

4 Region including villas in exclusive resort areas, primarily? (7)

5 Blearily recalls wine in large amounts (7)

6 Ministry of Defence to get ‘nonclerical’ if Foreign Office to retire bureaucrats (11)

7 Everyman is to receive visitor, finally: one bearing large showy flowers (4)

8 Celt’s outburst can be heard (4)

12 Champion with spine, usually? (5-6)

13 Note, twice: establishment for racehorses where multiplication is demanded (5,5)

14 Hot drinks or dry Rieslings? (4,6)

18 I will be found in Balkan state: bold to move to find unwelcoming place (7)

19 Well-earnt rest, leisurely accepting support(7)

21 Poems praising systems of regulation not started (4)

22 Accept only part of repurchase agreement, being in the Black? (4)

Solution No. 3302

Solution No. 3302

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