The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 14 2025 Answers (5/14/25)

Here are all of the answers to today's The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle for May 14 2025 to help you finish it up!

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword May 14, 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 14, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 5/14/25, 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 Burst from trumpeter? One can’t go as high as Armstrong did
6A See 21
9A Vessel for wine in tiny mouth?
10A Tennis player for whom Covid jabs originally OK? That’s unlikely
11A Mouthpiece, glue’s stuck around one
13A Prestidigitation, smoke and mirrors initially given reflection?
15A Anything but a real swine cradling head of love bird
17A Sovereign a nation recalled
18A Parting shot from spinning of S. Warne
19A Old documents reviewing pay in middle of April
21A Bouncer with velocity punching customer
22A Syrian mother has a tantrum
25A Hard bread out at sea
26A Gymnast: be lissome in twists
28A Franco’s money put into plant
29A Fuel like crude oil in engine not half backfiring!
2D Regular servings of bug food for a drone, probably?
3D See 26-Across
4D Black-coloured stocking is lost
5D Teensy bit squiffy
6D House of dance
7D Shame about leader in fanzine penned by hack, say – filthy language
8D Enlightenment in rebranding of Labour Party post-David Miliband?
12D Composed, as are rigid wings?
14D Skeletal structure in Facebook address of Paul?
16D Sinking ship proceeds to capsize, with rat running around
20D Black sheep spoiled food on farm?
23D African carrier, first of containers, A, B or C?
24D Fine wine?
27D Celibate, with some frustration, understandably

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