The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 9 2025 Answers (4/9/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 9, 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 9, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 4/9/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	One for sorrow, two for joy? Quite the opposite
6A	Gold ordered for morning delivery?
9A	It measures your velocity – during swim?
10A	At sea, Tudor won second phase of fight
11A	It’s at risk when making phone call
13A	Latest figures include returned contributions
15A	Caesar came by empty commune that’s in northern Italy
17A	It has neck and defines it perhaps
18A	Stretches out to take on regular heavy duties
19A	Some money to be made from talking about meaning
21A	Chap whose happiness sets the standard for us all
22A	Keep close tabs initially for a couple of weeks
25A	Model has relations banned – don’t get involved
26A	Evaluate what to do after vacation
28A	Middle managers trading fabrics from major African city
29A	Plastic has affect bordering polluted lake
2D	Settle up for waffle
3D	Freeloader in shelter next to church
4D	Wild colt I broke becomes servile type
5D	After slip, worker becomes wayward
6D	Opening of any new unit supplies another opening
7D	Poor working surroundings for money maker’s game
8D	Basic requirement for successful parachute jump
12D	Contemplating part of church windows, learner climbs up
14D	Engaged by chance, strove desperately to become besotted
16D	Retracted study about pests? Not to worry
20D	Excessive deposit in heart may induce sweating there
23D	Setter’s pelvis broken in half by force
24D	Deplore Republican vulgarian
27D	Refuse to acknowledge reduced reward

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