The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 22 2025 Answers (10/22/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 22, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 22, 2025 Answers

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#	Clue
8A	Cook left a cut roasting on for well done
9A	Tried to wander next to street
10A	Herb is strangely arrogant
11A	Cut off a story by Nathaniel
12A	Pivotal line about yogic sacred syllable principles
13A	Beat young animal with a stone
16A	Both sides of appeal studied by Yankee beforehand
19A	Sailor leans back in descent with rope
21A	Appeal from cleaner is oddly mean
24A	Campaigner is unusually scared about game
25A	Annoy weed
26A	Hates John’s views about person calling round uninvited?
1D	Jog up and I will start to arrange food
2D	Disregard unsettled region
3D	Arrived with artist to get photographic equipment
4D	Doctor hurt ref to a greater degree
5D	Hot tune and dance – something coming out of Cats?
6D	Conclude Flipper is inhaling a line and another drug
7D	Pass on knowledge to popular student group
14D	Remade blouses to include core of rayon as response to sign of cold
15D	Upset about LA pub food offering
17D	Ruin his model arrangement
18D	One playing with a carbon lock
20D	Island carried nothing
22D	After middle of day release relative
23D	One with new shelter finding purpose

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