Today's The Guardian Quick Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Guardian Quick Cryptic

(May 17, 2025)

ACROSS

• 1. 70% of admin hub offering retreat (4,3) - Crossword Clue
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• 5. No gentleman, taking drops of claret and Drambuie (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Route winding over the top (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Greek character at the broadcast (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Playing tam-tam: Don, star of Hollywood (4,5) - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Exaggerate 90% of needlework (9) - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Shoal's shimmering rings of light (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 17. City originally had a nasty oil industry (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Vehicle clearing 25% of outback (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Crooner sleeps in a Travelodge (but only a bit) (7) - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Flowers in 60% of literary London locale (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Take care under there (at first) (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Provide new sounds for hoover. Dubiously? To some extent (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Suitable overtures to Fidelio in translations (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 5. A little monocle an Edwardian sterilised (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Wee drink in play? Only 80% (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Somewhat heal psyche - somewhat - in mountain region (3,4) - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Cosmo or Henry capturing waterfowl (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Herbal remedy for bruised crania (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Fictional seaman's Achilles heel? Anchor butter for starters (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Relative needing some assistance (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Negative word making 75% of message (3) - Crossword Clue
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