The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 18 2025 Answers (8/18/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 18, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 18, 2025 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Frightfully rich rhapsodist and musician
8A	Espionage and assassination in Japan partly his job
9A	Line that could have solved the issue in 1 down
11A	They say Philistine puts on glasses or contact lenses
12A	As a localised disease regularly seen by trained medic
13A	Deport next spy cell, essentially
15A	Fertiliser covered by offensive will
17A	Difficult age is following obsessive medicine
20A	Badger inconsiderately
21A	Not at home, predator returns for discharge
23A	Listener gets advert for wax, perhaps
25A	Function with therapy in a cushy job
26A	Bond type sarcastic? That’s not right
27A	What covers the 1st and 2nd of 10 as judgment day?
1D	Stated reason for sacking a baker? The man had to go!
2D	Corrupt insider without papers becoming clean
3D	Take action and say nothing on potential leakage
4D	Rubbish etc about a tavern, place with live music
5D	Most of New York’s scattered islands not called this by their inhabitants
6D	Challenged father to hold radioactive shell
7D	Among saints, Rome somehow admitted one that’s least clement
10D	A Scot awkwardly making sense of the joke in 1 down?
14D	Design isn’t a different version of bananas
16D	Broadcasting about sauté as cooking style
18D	Result of carpentry that’s a feature of some pubs
19D	We shall mature first, as fine wine will do
22D	Scrounger and cad heading north having stolen cash to begin with
24D	Fell in action protecting what speeds up particles

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