The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 23 2025 Answers (4/23/25)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 23, 2025 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Agrees Bill should have trousers
5A	Pot: certain thing ineffectual people rejected
10A	Survey part of cricket match involving clubs (4-4)
11A	When one may have studied fish tail?
12A	Hard exercising with jacket half on
13A	Confused Dane cornered by Claudius? There’s the rubbing
14A	Touch thorax, gathering temperature for allergy treatment
16A	Fruit the writer tucked into now and later, after cooking
17A	See 16
19A	Augment with bling, especially in a bracelet
23A	Row after Irish festival gets more spirited
24A	Capital city, extravagant? Mostly sleeping
26A	Harness oil at sea for the most part
27A	See 10
28A	Orchestra finally directs adopting C scales
29A	Dutch city, ancient city, realistic about introduction of tourism
2D	Mug repeatedly cheers choral work
3D	Nymph appearing in promotional material for quarry?
4D	Daughter is left to fool around in books
6D	Garden implement right in drier surroundings
7D	Retiring comedian, stressed about source of humour
8D	Called in a group of soldiers to plan
9D	Brandish weapon with energy over one of a theatrical disposition?
15D	One young guy coming in to copy enamelwork
18D	Assistance in bringing up English children at first in troubled times
20D	Forecast for aircraft to sequester carbon
21D	Unsophisticated lust about anything vulgar
22D	Was dismissive of chap’s second edition
25D	Figurative expression: very high note’s brought about end of mirror

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