The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 13 2025 Answers (5/13/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 13, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 13, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 5/13/25, 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
8A	By itself, the Yankee territory introduction of cruel capital punishment means nothing will be the same (3,5,4,3,1-8)
9A	Extremely ostentatious about unpleasant smells
10A	Finally given by a cruel father: clothing, identity
11A	See 10
12A	Come up with component for main ventilator
14A	Answer sailor for this way of washing
15A	Last year’s pilot to start in rapid part of air show
17A	Parochial urinals in a mess
20A	See 8
22A	Beast stripped car held by church
23A	Now or Christmas?
24A	See 23
25A	Plaster almost stuck firm
26A	See 8
1D	Quiet type of music starts off nicely, ending loud with explosive bit
2D	Index heard in action under the table?
3D	Crash Philistine’s agreement
4D	American starts to eat disgusting cold and raw banger
5D	Musician not on in London with Babyshambles
6D	Setter or solver’s terribly sultry
7D	As if by magic, Northern city’s not North
13D	Trained spy team won’t take a step into the void
16D	Inspector could turn very sour
18D	Films regularly inspired by Shakespearean element
19D	X interrupting frilly period of inactivity
21D	That content is covered by this arrangement for instruments (2-4)
22D	Rest shows up in discrepant accounting
24D	Simple wrap as temperature previously went up

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