The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 21 2025 Answers (4/21/25)

Here are all of the answers to today's The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle for April 21 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 21, 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 21, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 4/21/25, 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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8A Prime number heard fighting with indefinite number
9A Clamour from attention seeker, case of someone beyond redemption, ultimately
10A Fellah in deer? Not entirely!
11A Our etching, though sketchy, improving
12A Stuff lying around flat interminably, one hasn’t quite grown up
14A Surrender, wobbling one run short of century, ending on ninety-nine
15A See 24-Across
17A Procedure on defining both possibilities for batter?
20A Sin ends in tragedy, prophetic in month of Aquarius, say – the Water Carrier?
22A Name associated with lectures announced award
23A Cold Scottish island toured by a dog expert
24A Cryptic clues for gags with sketch
25A See 22 Down
26A Liquid starter from waitress, so doubled up, put in sketch?
1D Wee collected by clinician north of a Caribbean country
2D Sketch very average, rubbish
3D See 2
4D Base 17 yet to be delivered?
5D Popular as might be spanking bottom, oh I say? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink!
6D Use toilet humour at first comedically in basic sketch?
7D Fox News in charge, toxic in the extreme
13D Highlight when still a teenager?
16D Coming or going round top of creek – as salmon might be?
18D Possible call from male in rush, on getting up (2-6)
19D Find intimate in book without cover
21D Heading for Exmoor, oxygen-fuelled females take a hike
22D Western entertainer gets a grip of issue, something wooden in sketch?
24D Sweet clown

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