Be frustrated: ‘Wake up, love!’ (4,2,7)
Be frustrated: ‘Wake up, love!’ (4,2,7)
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Be frustrated: ‘Wake up, love!’ (4,2,7)
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A Tory leader gets personal after feature film involving political corruption (9)
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Foolish eccentric humans – it’s how things are (2,3,13)
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Not suspecting local temperature’s dropped (5)
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Bound to collapse, several inside revealed (9)
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Collected setter’s mea culpa to boss? (7)
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Brats cycling to party gathering round – go away! (7)
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Women in a frenzy talked of Vlad’s ‘cojones’ (7)
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Quick turnover of work force – bar short (2-5)
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Timeless bonnets as originally described worn at Ascot? They will be (9)
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Not kosher – I eat hot food unlikely to be this (5)
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Spain game not international match (5)
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In superlative form, finally attracted interest (9)
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One soldier (highly decorated) about to spring up (9)
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Duck seen around English Channel (5)
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Imposing tax on Tudor (7)
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Old Sky feature raising money for public transport (7)
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Punishment advice from Spooner: ‘Don’t suffer alone!’ (4,5)
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Mount different part of insect (5)
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Observe lawyer taking more time to squash start of malicious gossip (13)
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Old grids and notes recycled for students of Araucaria? (13)
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Confused doctor has another look up ‘sick at heart’ (9)
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Part of play when Romeo goes – revelatory material (9)
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Problem: politicians – not ours, Trump principally – invading safe space (7)
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Not used – succeeded breaking free (7)
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Countryman picked up female number 4 on farm? (5)
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On screen Mr Bean gets a little doolally in car (5)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29892
Date
1 January 2026
Setter
Vlad
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