The Guardian Quick Crossword December 17 2025 Answers (12/17/25)

Our The Guardian Quick Crossword December 17, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Quick Crossword December 17, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Quick Crossword on 12/17/25, 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	Biblical patriarch – eight bottles in one
7A	Stack of logs
8A	Responsibility
9A	College – mess
10A	Loathing
12A	Race curls up (anag) – relating to twilight
14A	Rugby position – a wing and three legs?
16A	Solo in opera
19A	Rabbit tail
20A	Abstract speculation – body of political ideas
21A	Aerial pigs (anag) – steal ideas to present as one’s own
1D	Short-sighted person
2D	Larva of a frog or toad
3D	Single item
4D	Part of an optical instrument
5D	Surrounded by
6D	Treasurer
11D	Remote from the centre
12D	(Unprinted) cotton cloth
13D	Siren of the Rhine
15D	Phonetic alphabet H
17D	Fish
18D	Greek cheese

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