The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 10 2025 Answers (4/10/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 10, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 10, 2025 Answers

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« April 9 2025 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Restrained by some Parisian, crowd reverts to peaceful mode
4A	Lover, first character to hide in library?
9A	Endless upset about copper nabbing one wise man
10A	Waste material not fresh dumped by a lake
11A	US beer – an early version?
12A	Film-maker with something black excited nation
13A	Small animal needs unusual fortifier if fading
15A	Male, say, to grumble
17A	Work on Scottish island for a bit
19A	American guy getting left trapped shows bravado
22A	Moment era changes – one can gauge the pressure
24A	I see nothing – then across time small image appears
26A	Reason for not going to work? Deceitful story fashionable (3-2)
27A	Singer to manage mystical sound in musical sections
28A	Drunkard in this place offering words of defiance
29A	Terribly idle, inwardly you flap
1D	Beast pins hero in crucial contest
2D	Comic book with some inhuman gags
3D	Spreading fun, Liberal in short out to be bighearted
4D	Desire that’s odd for a number of years
5D	Sailors having a party on deck
6D	Not the same with identity as monarch no longer reluctant to speak out?
7D	We cannot wait for one sort of deodorant! (4-2)
8D	Beer warm? Certainly not!
14D	Terribly inert host becoming most prickly
16D	Reportedly instructed in a science? That must be right
18D	Italian water that’s taken on board is OK for drinking
19D	Ship’s protective layer, as you might say
20D	Secured criminal let off court appearance?
21D	Enthusiast for self-improvement appears to be happy
23D	Maiden in church to act in affected manner
25D	‘Dog’ could be about right for this

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