The Guardian Cryptic Crossword June 12 2025 Answers (6/12/25)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword June 12, 2025 Answers

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« June 11 2025 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Sign of injury at the start of a run
5A	Be defeated in sporting contest, showing clip of film? (5-2)
9A	Shell men found by French sea
10A	Mesmerized, we turned round with irritating pain in bed
11A	Tries somehow to get involved with terms – US terms?
12A	Jumper found in bedroom
14A	Quiet son, moved by account of Jesus’s life?
18A	Artful idiot thrown out of form always, not just once (6-6)
21A	One with quiet word expressing some reservation?
22A	Being terribly blue, I read a poet
25A	English square occupied by GP right about glands and hormones etc.
26A	Greek character, contemptible person to live in squalor
27A	Can bird appear in Welsh village?
28A	People in charge of boats keep out birds almost entirely
1D	Bird on board ship moves quickly
2D	A jolly lot facing endless sorrow in a sort of depression
3D	Rescue pets suffering tortures
4D	Disprove underground stem can shoot up
5D	Timidity of animal on something slippery crossing a road
6D	Food no good for ibexes etc.
7D	Spiritual home ultimately found at that place with a lake
8D	Use material to protect plants in small fields
13D	Report line being tampered with – someone invading privacy
15D	Group gathering around heretic may be such
16D	Amidst stress, I had twist of fate
17D	Fish only some fishermen had enjoyed
19D	Individual record
20D	American following food channel
23D	Daughter and little brother, primarily seen as nerd
24D	Some land that is holy, without beginning or end

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