Furniture ultimately not fit for the task (5)
Furniture ultimately not fit for the task (5)
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Furniture ultimately not fit for the task (5)
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Best sources of general revision before each exam (8)
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Drunk escaping the bar for some downtime (9,5)
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Stuff leaking from small sack (8)
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Quick pasta sauce containing last bit of pepper (6)
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Stickers have sides removed (9)
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Drifts west after following the shoreline at first (5)
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I broadcast using code (5)
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New term describing trademark artist (9)
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No storage unit had food (6)
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Shrub in one area on cultivated plot (8)
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Advantageous transformation – feature of AI? (14)
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Put off expert rascal (8)
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Mob surrounding old, nasty king (5)
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Underground sites of TV channels (4,8)
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Flawed Lib Dems he transformed (9)
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Praise one-time tax cut (5)
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Examining some farrago in government (5,4)
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Monster rising up thus (4)
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Excellent place people often store underwear? (3-6)
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Belts and items of footwear (5)
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Instructed not to do business internally? (5-7)
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Increasingly grand position beset by utter anarchy at its core (9)
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Briefly outline a certain, pronounced issue (9)
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One who likes embracing popular moneymaker? (9)
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Flight from Bari, at sunset, heading north (5)
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The end of poverty right away (5)
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Was a rat seen in Los Angeles? (4)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29884
Date
22 December 2025
Setter
Alia
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