Starchy brown bread’s introduced (7)
Starchy brown bread’s introduced (7)
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Starchy brown bread’s introduced (7)
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Juicy thing terror, no mistake,
Beloved
and
The Ring
(7)
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Drink: mole caught when in it? (5)
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Primates discussing a mix of black and white videos? (5,4)
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Trick while opening metal container (4,6)
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Sun’s percentage of radioactive gases (4)
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Cleaner linen children put on dry (6,6)
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Leader of government has Boris, Rishi and Liz etc for dinner? They’re all dreadful! (5,7)
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Opera ladies and gentlemen heard? (4)
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Meet requirements in advance, the same provided in probe (3-7)
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European city, one featured by magazine from another world? (9)
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Copybook baldie blotted after shaving of bonce (5)
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Dark Matter
seemingly invisible to youth in test
(7)
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Arm in difficulty, squashed (7)
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Little monkey in rabbit hole? (6)
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Change
Turn of the Screw
(6)
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Tractor crashed into teapots? (10)
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See 19
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Other, not the first to drink coffee – but this? (3,6)
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What would bring nurse into the school, observing all heads? (4)
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The Sixth Sense
and
The Others
almost like that – it might set one’s heart racing!
(8)
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See 23
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Reformed, I’m a new man in the drinks business (10)
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Recovery at the death, crabwise? (9)
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A stick, that’s what I am after – how old can I be? (3,5)
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With shot on a field, a region firstly defended – is it? (4,4)
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Christian observance very soon put in place in
A Christmas Carol
(6,5)
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Fold of skin unknown in identification of fish? (6)
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The Woman in Black
, pack leader?
(5,2,6)
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Measure force and energy (4)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29840
Date
31 October 2025
Setter
Paul
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