The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 12 2025 Answers (5/12/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 12, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 12, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 5/12/25, 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	Reportedly purchase farming tool for a penny farthing?
5A	Steady earner from clubs beginning to collaborate in adult entertainment
9A	English involved in slight about Aussie football
10A	Force once made rough bombs
11A	Top hack’s office tried so desperately to get joint
12A	Only real mugs should survive its scrutiny
14A	See 12
18A	Perhaps cyborg’s faulty power unit discharged at random
21A	See 18
22A	Having a change of heart, female sheep chasing castrated ram around area shows alert gaze
25A	Longing for what was left in Santiago, unfortunately
26A	Fling means of protection, sacrificing first rook
27A	Posy heads evenly covered in mist
28A	Boy cycling in bay maybe finds lever
1D	Stock gatherer seen around Suffolk, for one
2D	See 1
3D	Revamped Commodores launch site in Russia
4D	Distinctive character conveyed by Internet host
5D	Mix with Marxist holding no good line
6D	Company for older folk horrified, mainly over losing hospital
7D	Flat baked objects Dave’s mate put across majority of terrace
8D	Ducks, say – 50% died in winter going north
13D	Rivet up broken corroded pan
15D	Prisoner, curt church officer and daughter came together
16D	Pressure in America superficially harms economic recoveries
17D	Fire safety measure identified in formal part of flight
19D	Category of disastrous result in eg MSc or PhD
20D	See 19
23D	Diplomacy surrounding Republican’s religious pamphlet
24D	Pamper bishop wearing laurel

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