Burst from trumpeter? One can’t go as high as Armstrong did (5,3)
Burst from trumpeter? One can’t go as high as Armstrong did (5,3)
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Burst from trumpeter? One can’t go as high as Armstrong did (5,3)
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See 21
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Vessel for wine in tiny mouth? (6)
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Tennis player for whom Covid jabs originally OK? That’s unlikely (8)
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Mouthpiece, glue’s stuck around one (9)
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Prestidigitation, smoke and mirrors initially given reflection? (5)
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Anything but a real swine cradling head of love bird (6)
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Sovereign a nation recalled (6)
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Parting shot from spinning of S. Warne (6)
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Old documents reviewing pay in middle of April (6)
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Bouncer with velocity punching customer (5,6)
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Syrian mother has a tantrum (9)
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Hard bread out at sea (8)
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Gymnast: be lissome in twists (6,5)
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Franco’s money put into plant (6)
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Fuel like crude oil in engine not half backfiring! (8)
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Regular servings of bug food for a drone, probably? (3)
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Black-coloured stocking is lost (10)
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Teensy bit squiffy (6)
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House of dance (4)
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Shame about leader in fanzine penned by hack, say – filthy language (9)
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Enlightenment in rebranding of Labour Party post-David Miliband? (11)
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Composed, as are rigid wings? (11)
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Skeletal structure in Facebook address of Paul? (10)
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Sinking ship proceeds to capsize, with rat running around (4,5)
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Black sheep spoiled food on farm? (3,3)
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African carrier, first of containers, A, B or C? (5)
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Fine wine? (4)
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Celibate, with some frustration, understandably (3)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29695
Date
15 May 2025
Setter
Paul
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