The Guardian Cryptic Crossword February 27 2025 Answers (2/27/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword February 27, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword February 27, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 2/27/25, 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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« February 26 2025 Answers

#	Clue
7A	Compliant power at fault
8A	Down a foreign drunk
9A	Stand back – one’s covered in blue
10A	Determine before spilling drop in ear
12A	Turkish address housing a king with prominent nose
13A	Only approved heads held in high regard, so anger on the way
15A	See 23-Down
16A	Fast as a crab?
17A	See 6-Down
18A	Articles on a controversial illusionist that are used by setters
20A	Periodical reduced by Guardian wise guy
21A	Jail outside America – my flight goes around it
22A	Cut end of grass and beard of barley
24A	Using mobile to ring politician is challenging
25A	Failure of foreign cable broadcast
1D	It could produce an itch to escape, say
2D	Stay relaxed if included in reporter’s ‘fodder pile’
3D	Sentimental agent accepts cut
4D	Centre at York exhibiting suit
5D	Rod, circling one African country, stalls here
6D	Old writer takes care to show objectivity
11D	Puerile shenanigans with – oh! – a Remainer?
12D	Flashy underwear’s hot!
14D	They’re passed down clothes reportedly
16D	Run into trouble trapping energy particle
17D	Swift game played against dwarf?
19D	Rank, inferior stuff imported by South America
20D	Element of one’s deceitful character on the outside
21D	Northern folk of note perversely like being put first
23D	Beastly group put away stuff

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