Frightfully rich rhapsodist and musician (14)
Frightfully rich rhapsodist and musician (14)
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Frightfully rich rhapsodist and musician (14)
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Espionage and assassination in Japan partly his job (5)
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Line that could have solved the issue in 1 down (8)
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They say Philistine puts on glasses or contact lenses (3,4)
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As a localised disease regularly seen by trained medic (7)
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Deport next spy cell, essentially (5)
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Fertiliser covered by offensive will (9)
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Difficult age is following obsessive medicine (9)
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Badger inconsiderately (5)
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Not at home, predator returns for discharge (7)
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Listener gets advert for wax, perhaps (7)
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Function with therapy in a cushy job (8)
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Bond type sarcastic? That’s not right (5)
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What covers the 1st and 2nd of 10 as judgment day? (14)
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Stated reason for sacking a baker? The man had to go! (2,6,1,3)
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Corrupt insider without papers becoming clean (5)
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Take action and say nothing on potential leakage (5,1,3)
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Rubbish etc about a tavern, place with live music (7)
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Most of New York’s scattered islands not called this by their inhabitants (7)
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Challenged father to hold radioactive shell (5)
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Among saints, Rome somehow admitted one that’s least clement (9)
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A Scot awkwardly making sense of the joke in 1 down? (12)
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Design isn’t a different version of bananas (9)
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Broadcasting about sauté as cooking style (9)
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Result of carpentry that’s a feature of some pubs (7)
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We shall mature first, as fine wine will do (3,4)
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Scrounger and cad heading north having stolen cash to begin with (5)
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Fell in action protecting what speeds up particles (5)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29777
Date
19 August 2025
Setter
Philistine
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