The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 22 2025 Answers (4/22/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 22, 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 22, 2025 Answers

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#	Clue
7A	Goods transporter in Basingstoke – every now and then he pops out
9A	See 7
10A	A singer’s up to something dodgy
11A	Picasso had one hot, tense, fleeting encounter with secretary at the outset
12A	Epidemic and surgeon’s focus turns to a little quinine tablet
14A	Dock where tide originally has King Canute unsettled
15A	Bible’s clue to get over sin
17A	See 15
20A	Perhaps jumbo’s assuming animal sanctuary is somewhere near Mayfair?
22A	Drunk drilling on the outside hides power tool
23A	Perfect copy with small shed to keep computer
24A	Spouse briefly taking in a stray
25A	Hear Clinique supply round gold dish
26A	See 25
1D	European wine lake – Independent starts story with good intentions
2D	Notice jam setting
3D	Son, 2 having cut top off a piece of cake
4D	Subtle satire occasionally stops oppression
5D	Southern racist moving back to front through dictionary to arrive at ‘rejected’
6D	Small county with unlimited accommodation
8D	Enter squad and fully explain
13D	25 – 31 days and finally work is replacing the man’s order
16D	Certain Times is holding evidence of censorship?
18D	Ready to follow plot that is found in old books
19D	See 8
21D	Mail say Labour’s half-cut member is leading
22D	What’s up with Conservative housing proposition?
24D	River Don

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