The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 9 2025 Answers (10/9/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 9, 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 9, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 10/9/25, 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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« October 8 2025 Answers

#	Clue
1A	First of the States to restrict new pubs
5A	Not many working early to late, say
9A	Model cake’s good in real life
10A	Prisoner appearing in twisted feature film
11A	14 to follow story
12A	Shopping centre advertising in street outside – most people ignore it
14A	Pay attention – nothing’s holding French and Saunders’ finale back
15A	Note planet discovered by a student is untouched by human hand
16A	Film about hot American singer making a comeback
18A	Nurse’s job? Get air supply
20A	One’s brilliant with Wings, Elvis and Queen on bass for example
21A	Welshman capturing El Salvador?
24A	Regularly attending academic lecture – it’s so long
25A	Loveless marriage? Slow down and get off the phone?
26A	Crew devoured a little exotic sea creature
27A	Journalist on paper tried
1D	Understood 16 across broadcast (excluding Northern Ireland)
2D	He scored six with just one dropped
3D	Bloody hell – gross national product taking just seconds to bounce back
4D	Hint to cut some habit at the beach?
5D	Throughout Los Angeles hills, ants ultimately stripped ground
6D	Clairvoyant’s lie that collapses assuming recording caught …
7D	… name provided on stage quicker
8D	Ruin sex and – essentially – what’s left of marriage
13D	Perhaps Olive and Ruby maybe able to hold game
16D	Bear advanced – I’m ready to shoot
17D	Worry one isn’t exercising
19D	Player of golf round stood to make this kind of bread?
22D	Italy was first after Germany did nothing
23D	Poses when taking smack on vacation

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