The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 31 2024 Answers (12/31/24)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 31, 2024 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 31, 2024 Answers

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#	Clue
8A	Male detective’s kind of party
9A	Preface perhaps key
10A	Degree of warmth attending a kind of party
11A	Little rabble in party
12A	Party where rubbish bags left
14A	Piece behind bar broken by drunk, finally – good shot!
15A	Small hamper for kind of party
17A	Party disrobing heir in spoilt child
20A	Reflection of love child, say – as whoopee made?
22A	Like dripping taps, odd bits cast in silver
23A	Foreign senator keeps party leader in opposition very close
24A	Party clobber
25A	Diva’s first private kind of party
26A	Two kinds of party drink
1D	Driver second if not invested in hard work
2D	One bird or more soaring?
3D	Bottle shown by male driver?
4D	State where a woman ruined by gin after a party
5D	Keep party dish out
6D	Miss show that is holding auction
7D	Classes where dope given time
13D	Sending up light starter in grapefruit, pickled onion on top!
16D	Semi-intoxicated, for example, bedding Republican delegate
18D	Fancy dress with it, a failure
19D	Back of ghetto toured by buddy, I don’t like that part of town
21D	Call for help when discovered with a tin, rattled about for collection
22D	Kind of party in office after charitable event set up
24D	Launch backhander

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