The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 27 2025 Answers (8/27/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 27, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 27, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 8/27/25, 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	Exhibit in lawsuit after beastly female steals husband
5A	Worker in taxi from Cambridge
9A	Freedom of man getting married; not good after bender (5-4)
11A	Cut grass to scorch
12A	They waited on Dua Lipa rumours circulating (having only one of us)? (7-5)
15A	Work with nurse for free
16A	One might make cut: legend spotted around part of golf course
18A	Well-known spin bowler is adjusting length, primarily after deliveries
19A	Swinger in party with men
21A	Critical cases from pandemic, rest needing treatment
24A	Talk over split with wife, finally
25A	Take out in afternoon: empty tabernacle after mass by Priest
26A	Drug case for Supreme Court
27A	Finish perhaps with German bomb
1D	Start to make out with date
2D	Eyeballs letter at start of overdraft by bank
3D	Company tense around wages, initially: every year stock dropping?
4D	Carry knife: it might stick out of back
6D	Fit device shortly after clot
7D	Fault at net making return: that woman receives no points in this?
8D	Defensive formation: animal calling across river
10D	Inviting German without getting dressed up (5-8)
13D	Very excited getting cuddles: they might get laid on table
14D	Outside of baseline with tennis stroke up front
17D	Local to let ecstasy tablets pass around – on the contrary
20D	Takes off small bloomers while walking
22D	Tiny tot born: lend a hand, curtly
23D	Heath was defeated

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