Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3326
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This puzzle was published on 20th July 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Across
1a A Netherlands legend without end adapted for German tale (6,3,6)
HANSEL AND GRETEL – An anagram (adapted) of A NETHERLANDS LEGend (without the END)
9a Dabbler, friend in Laura essentially (7)
AMATEUR – MATE (friend) inserted into the essential letters of lAURa
10a Low mob arriving at dock (7)
MOORING – MOO (low, a noise made by cattle) and RING (mob)
11a Youth, golf supporter ending on green (4)
TEEN – TEE (golf supporter) and the ‘ending’ on greeN
12a Certain edge (5)
BOUND – Certain or sure to; an edge or limit
13a Unsightly mark in cyst, yellow (4)
STYE – Hidden in the last two words of the clue
16a Doctor follows on flight (7)
RETREAT – TREAT (doctor) follows RE (on the subject of)
17a Expression of support and love after I see you! (7)
CHEERIO – CHEER (expression of support) and O (love), the latter going after I (from the clue)
18a Initial word a friend muttered, initially! (7)
ACRONYM – A word based on the initials of others – A (from the clue) CRONY (friend) and the initial letter of Muttered
21a Small stones, English rocks (7)
SHINGLE – An anagram (rocks) of ENGLISH
23a Bear – grizzly mood? (4)
HUMP – An informal word meaning to carry heavy loads (bear) or an informal term for a bad (grizzly) mood)
24a Expansive secondary thoroughfare? (5)
BROAD – A secondary thoroughfare is a B ROAD
25a Resistant to nest builder, yours truly (4)
ANTI – ANT (nest builder) I (yours truly)
28a Capital I left when back on tour, capital of Oslo (7)
TRIPOLI – A reversal (when back) of I L(eft) goes after TRIP (tour) and the capital letter of Oslo
29a Field that’s flat, cut off (7)
PADDOCK – PAD (flat) DOCK (cut off)
30a Battle lost, aunt’s frightfully important, despite losing (4,3,3,5)
LAST BUT NOT LEAST – An anagram (frightfully) of BATTLE LOST AUNTS
Down
1d Number in fifties upset over pension (10,5)
HEARTBREAK HOTEL – HEARTBREAK (upset) PENSION (continental boarding house, hotel)
2d War god caught in trap, most convenient (7)
NEAREST – ARES (Greek God of War) ‘caught’ in NET (trap)
3d Uniform, part of sleeve navy (4)
EVEN – Hidden in part of the last two words of the clue
4d Feeling left for JFK, say (7)
AIRPORT – AIR (feeling) PORT (left)
5d Wicked daughter has wasted income (7)
DEMONIC – D (daughter) and an anagram (wasted) of INCOME
6d Criminal shaves head for bird (4)
ROOK – ‘Shave the head’ of cROOK (criminal)
7d Destructive force of nature – dancer? (7)
TWISTER – For the second day running, we had an [unindicated] American word for a tornado, but this time a dancer of a particular dance rather than a game
8d Possible result of appeal leaving barristers worried, first of all? (3,6,6)
LEG BEFORE WICKET – The first letters of Leaving Barristers Worried are an abbreviation for the cricket term
14d Pasta enclosed, no end to it (5)
PENNE – PENNEd with ‘no end’
15d Material taken from under the ground, uphill (5)
DENIM – A reversal (uphill) of MINED (taken from under the ground)
19d Smudging in smear is still there (7)
REMAINS – An anagram (smudging) of IN SMEAR
20d Red figure observed after uprising in shopping centre (7)
MARXIST – A reversal (after uprising) of SIX (figure) inserted into MART (shopping centre)
21d Cleaner thus bandages back of thigh before climbing work (7)
SHAMPOO – SO (thus) ‘bandages’ HAM (back of thing) and a reversal (climbing) of OP (work)
22d Boat almost unsalvageable, load destroyed (7)
GONDOLA – GONe (‘almost’ unsalvageable) and an anagram (destroyed) of LOAD
26d Weapon, megabucks (4)
BOMB – A weapon or like megabucks, an informal name for lots of money
27d Film star who’s out of work after audition? (4)
IDOL – A homophone (after audition) of IDLE (out of work)