The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 1 2025 Answers (4/1/25)

Here are all of the answers to today's The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle for April 1 2025 to help you finish it up!

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 1, 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 1, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 4/1/25, 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 poem filled empty day after sun set
5A West-facing complex of temples briefly visited by old trainspotter
9A Rainbow is beginning to shine in reflection of light source – bulb!
11A Better half’s other half, central?
12A Mark, cryptically intense?
15A A bargain when cap removed, great deal
16A Plant seed covering trail on surface
18A I’ve day without a radio broadcast for onscreen recording of thoughts
19A What might reveal a little of thief, I think? (1-3)
21A Heart-breaking condition caught, result of a combination of knocks?
24A A pretty oblique mark
25A Purchasing system brotherhood discussed?
26A A seaman concerned with reversing mistakes
27A Scuffle in breach of contract in settlement of others’ costs
1D Number penned by Gilbert & Sullivan, uplifting composition
2D Flier poet drops in
3D Club where loon punched by plonker at the back
4D Sucker digging weeds?
6D Winner primarily missing in person who fails – one of those? (2-6)
7D Removing leader in bully, house stops Trump
8D Fictional poison pretty OK in novel
10D Tricky device, needle-like drill
13D Player in pursuit of American vehicles?
14D Rough tongue picked up something alcoholic
17D One Direction welcoming drunk in, OK being most squiffy?
20D Love dressing king in what would suit knight?
22D Tense – as lips?
23D Said right, introduction not needed

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