The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 31 2025 Answers (12/31/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 31, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 31, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 12/31/25, 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	Paddy in sensible jumper at first gets a degree of comfort
9A	Make a break-through and exploit an opportunity
10A	Online extra involving ten mathematical characters
13A	Attire for the Lido with roughly two GCSEs, minimum
16A	Drunk professional taking note at popular conference for body-building regime (4-7,4)
17A	Former girl-friend with soldier taking steps in Spanish art form
20A	WW1 vessel made from scale bus remains
23A	Dined out with Applecross refugee
1D	Former BBC newsreader who is Jeremy Vine’s wife disturbed old Cheshire calf
2D	Surgical surfaces somehow obliterate pangs
3D	Complete ruin of tenor and alto transcription
4D	Originally massive old avian NZ resident once
5D	A wander up to historic Portuguese city
6D	It’s a winner during matches regularly
7D	Club name on pick-up trucks for water board in northern England
8D	Conclusion – of course!
11D	Brown and green phonetic letter
12D	Takes in poor Shona wears
14D	Tree that’s found on satnav on borders of Lancashire
15D	Belief for which a Native American died
18D	Function at company – just a very short time
19D	Inhuman geek regularly at The Cloud over the channel
21D	The sun should even things out
22D	Hospital space available in the garden

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