The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 28 2025 Answers (8/28/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 28, 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 28, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 8/28/25, 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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« August 27 2025 Answers

#	Clue
7A	Spartan friend at heart
8A	Islander agreed in Munich to accompany vehicle
9A	Divert kids and react excitedly
10A	Blunt force ultimately shown by military, one sailor dismissed?
12A	Nancy’s in the Centre again
13A	Officer content listening to match
16A	Extend beyond and above the knees
19A	Pet and grope swimmer
22A	Outsider with sexy trousers?
25A	When up this might conceal courage
27A	Finished once more supplying buttered, identical sandwiches
28A	Couple again hands to those who put things right
29A	Double top (which is checkout) easy for beginners
30A	Son said: ‘I’m ordering for entrée’
1D	Budget period lacking information provider
2D	Dire roof needing repair, this might prevent disaster
3D	Author caught in Welsh town
4D	Everyman is a former English footballer
5D	Singer turned up with coat, it was found over the road
6D	Songbird exhausted eating each of ants at first
11D	Family essentially returned to capital
14D	One-time British company involved in pharmaceutic industry
15D	The cycling character
16D	Product from well-limited stews
17D	Tense, absent from school for a long time
18D	Native American ignoring a priest suffering
20D	Art school briefly enjoyable before travelling, not being old
21D	Comes to by nurses
23D	Numbers of consecutive punches (3-3)
24D	Girl suppressing a long hiccup
25D	Supporter against FA banning children in large republic
26D	Hole up in sound mattress

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