Today's The Guardian Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Guardian Cryptic

(April 22, 2025)

ACROSS

• 8. Prime number heard fighting with indefinite number (8) - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Clamour from attention seeker, case of someone beyond redemption, ultimately (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Fellah in deer? Not entirely! (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Our etching, though sketchy, improving (10) - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Stuff lying around flat interminably, one hasn't quite grown up (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Surrender, wobbling one run short of century, ending on ninety-nine (8) - Crossword Clue
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• 15. See 24 Across - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Procedure on defining both possibilities for batter? (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Sin ends in tragedy, prophetic in month of Aquarius, say - the Water Carrier? (5,3) - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Name associated with lectures announced award (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Cold Scottish island toured by a dog expert (10) - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Cryptic clues for gags with sketch (4,7) - Crossword Clue
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• 25. See 22 Down - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Liquid starter from waitress, so doubled up, put in sketch? (3,5) - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Wee collected by clinician north of a Caribbean country (8) - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Sketch very average, rubbish (4,6) - Crossword Clue
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• 3. See 2 - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Base 17 yet to be delivered? (2,5) - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Popular as might be spanking bottom, oh I say? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! (8) - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Use toilet humour at first comedically in basic sketch? (10) - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Fox News in charge, toxic in the extreme (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Highlight when still a teenager? (10) - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Coming or going round top of creek - as salmon might be? (2,6) - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Possible call from male in rush, on getting up (2-6) - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Find intimate in book without cover (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Heading for Exmoor, oxygen-fuelled females take a hike (3,3) - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Western entertainer gets a grip of issue, something wooden in sketch? (4,2,5) - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Sweet clown (4) - Crossword Clue
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