? Cryptic Hints

Guardian Cryptic Crossword

#30081 by Vulcan | 2026-08-10
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Across

1. Teased, wearing tatty clothes (6) (6) Hints

4. End of play is baffling (6) (6) Hints

9. Love university, but fail (4) (4) Hints

10. Virginia’s eerie quality? (10) (10) Hints

11. A pretentious type rejected one little-grown tree (6) (6) Hints

12. Bubbling tureen is making us very hungry (8) (8) Hints

13. Isolate small wader scratching back at barrier (9) (9) Hints

15. One submissively bent is taken to offer respect (4) (4) Hints

16. Very British marketplace (4) (4) Hints

17. Rehearsal for musical that has prearranged result? (4,5) (4, 5) Hints

21. Note a mishap, tumbling shawl (8) (8) Hints

22. Edit colourful performance (6) (6) Hints

24. Fondness for use of paperclip (10) (10) Hints

25. Stimulate husband, outwardly feeble (4) (4) Hints

26. Charitable society has new head, a public official (6) (6) Hints

27. Most useless papers in case (6) (6) Hints

Down

1. Emphasise lost sheep is found? (3,4) (3, 4) Hints

2. Bill for garden features (5) (5) Hints

3. Eating out as an artistic activity (7) (7) Hints

5. A penny accepted by ticket seller to leave the Tube (3,3) (3, 3) Hints

6. Some Mormons ignore Catholic dignitary (9) (9) Hints

7. Girl from South America banned, leaving the borders (7) (7) Hints

8. To keep smooth, shave, then change: utter bliss (7,6) (7, 6) Hints

14. Feeling unwell, throw off outdoor coat (9) (9) Hints

16. Simple skill in bridge (7) (7) Hints

18. Fabric of lowest quality last to be used (7) (7) Hints

19. Very old person’s nice tan misguided (7) (7) Hints

20. Spot that woman’s musical instrument (6) (6) Hints

23. A quantity of drug wife’s swallowed: look for water (5) (5) Hints