? Cryptic Hints

Guardian Cryptic Crossword

#30079 by Fed | 2026-08-07
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Across

1. Advantage of computerised identikit picture when pursuing crook virtually (7) (7) Hints

5. Spotted predator – shark is caught (7) (7) Hints

9. Young male nurse is loaded (5) (5) Hints

10. Tea, cream – not full fat – oddly it’s a Cambodian delicacy (9) (9) Hints

11. Call Musk with Washington opening that ought to bear fruit (10) (10) Hints

12. Two Americans holding back on driving range (3) (3) Hints

14. Pop singer’s ill – lie about swallowing pill in trashed Ibis hotel (6,6) (6, 6) Hints

18. TV star barking cruelly at crew (6.6) (6.6) Hints

21. Bow and scrape while retreating to some extent (3) (3) Hints

22. Hunk needing reason to start op-ed? (5,5) (5, 5) Hints

25. Corrupt state maybe does if cutting back (9) (9) Hints

26. Initially in sonatas, Liszt enjoyed this minor key (5) (5) Hints

27. Expensive – taking 150 Euros, say (7) (7) Hints

28. In bed, weary, drinking wine – quite the opposite (7) (7) Hints

Down

1. On vacation Bradley Walsh ultimately ignored resort’s in-house rules? (6) (6) Hints

2. Finally – given you identified graffiti artist – Banksy’s in exposed state (6) (6) Hints

3. In France and in Germany, shaver sounded 1 across? (4-6) (4-6) Hints

4. Tax article without it (5) (5) Hints

5. My friend entertains men with essentially new material (9) (9) Hints

6. Ages in prison’s manure shed (4) (4) Hints

7. A film star cycles and waves (8) (8) Hints

8. Pine nut’s beginning to be problem (8) (8) Hints

13. School paid to spin results in mock (10) (10) Hints

15. Conducted lessons in English, with students covering tenses – one might appear with a smile (5,4) (5, 4) Hints

16. Leaves power drills on the counter, securely fastened (8) (8) Hints

17. Sedative not applicable on piercing in the middle of the ear (8) (8) Hints

19. Stock of wine merchant delivered (6) (6) Hints

20. Gossipy magazine journalist is excited (6) (6) Hints

23. Lowest point of brain drain with regular emigration climbing (5) (5) Hints

24. Excellent, for example, to be Morocco-bound (4) (4) Hints