The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 12 2024 Answers (8/12/24)

Here are all of the answers to today's The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle for August 12 2024 to help you finish it up!

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 12, 2024 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 12, 2024 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 8/12/24, 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 First of garments confined to waste, put something with a jumper on top
6A Shrink lowerer?
9A See 26
10A Topping items in fare for broadcast
11A Tirade I gathered filled with bitterness, primarily?
14A ‘e called after blast, returning weapon
15A Easy clue
16A Suggest viewing Cervantes’ vampire in the mirror?
18A Lovely bearing a newspaper in mind
20A Warwickshire town where plate left untouched by auditor?
21A See 5-Down
25A Criminal evidence of no cooking!
26A Move mountains, Everest one, undulant on moving
27A Record of extra time after taking circuitous route?
1D Carthaginian related to wordplay?
2D Try holding head up having embraced Satanism initially – force of evil?
3D See 10-Across
4D Yours truly, Labour leader voiced concern for home buyers?
5D Twitter in county referring to US politician – bloody cheat?
6D Le Pen, a leader in France after source of French wine – and baguette?
7D I went in with opener for Gloucestershire, man playing for the first XI?
8D Marking joyous day, landlord on the left? (3-6)
12D African winds from the north-east coming into view
13D Flier, bird is in cold sea shaking off one cold tail!
14D Obtain bum cream and lotions originally for nursery
17D Good antipodean soldier misses the last mine
19D Reasonable Oscar discovered in market, removed
22D Sage plant?
23D Stone deepest of all, also in empty box
24D See 7

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