Playing piano, uncle with FRCS is an accomplished pianist (7,7)
Playing piano, uncle with FRCS is an accomplished pianist (7,7)
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Playing piano, uncle with FRCS is an accomplished pianist (7,7)
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Top African city describing its environment (5)
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Castle at first repaired and newly restored here (9)
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He was bound to catch fire? (10)
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Architect and writer entertain on vacation (4)
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One looks for treasure cache, possibly among 10? (11)
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Dare to break with America’s ‘special relationship’ (11)
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Not as many start off as pitcher (4)
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Nursery doctor coming across outpour in bed (4-6)
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Use one’s head swiftly when skinny kids start to abstain from food (5,4)
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Open space in Casualty (5)
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Had a go like crazy in swift mode of travel, etc (7,7)
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Badly dressed bum in funny clothing (6)
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Britain draping its leader in part of its coat of arms (6)
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Run Intercity (10)
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Graceful woman is quiet about work-up (5)
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Bureaucrat in prison with drug dealer (9)
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Some without a happy state (4)
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Poet in residence seeing difficult birth in early James Bond premieres (1,1,6)
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My love, never try ear bursting, it’s a delicate body part (8,6)
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Stuck in traffic with no toilets? A disaster (4-2-4)
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Gold disc half lost, oddly no copy of recording (9)
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During break, workers like some bottles of wine (8)
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In the morning, perhaps, in case one forgets (8)
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Maroon fibre (6)
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Feel sick and so forth, must be admitted to right hospital (5)
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Fine and even slices of bread and vegetable (4)
Crossword Information
Series
Cryptic
Number
29897
Date
7 January 2026
Setter
Philistine
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