Today's Puzzler Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Puzzler Cryptic

(May 9, 2026)

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• 1. Obscured English snippets of film, by editor (8) - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Hogs on the loose - crikey! (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Gemstone from characters in Gretna (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Some children, children thoroughly wet (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Washed Eastern communist after performance (8) - Crossword Clue
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• 13. A wager to assist in a crime, perhaps (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Hot aspic I pour over nut (9) - Crossword Clue
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• 17. You in Rouen put newspaper by clump (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Condition requiring insulin fades to hold irregular beat (8) - Crossword Clue
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• 19. What a smell in the heavens - frightening (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Penny, say, returns to mother for cassava (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Tailed creature began writhing in bag (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Affected by greed, eke out dish (8) - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 2. Repeatedly talk non-stop at dance (3-3) - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Metal not right as charged particle (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Wet through rodent making duet as seen outside (9) - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Flop up and down (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Bomb held in cocktail syrup (9) - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Good man putting yen inside bag (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Round ragged coast hang on to garment (9) - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Bad medical newsman spoke loudly (9) - Crossword Clue
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• 15. 'Drink please', only half gets you well-oiled? (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Turn into suit (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Initially you acquired knowledge of Tibetan ox (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Born as required, endlessly (3) - Crossword Clue
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