Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 13, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Guardian Cryptic crossword puzzle from October 13, 2025.

Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 13, 2025 Answers

This Guardian Cryptic puzzle from October 13, 2025 contains 30 total clues—15 across and 15 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Guardian Cryptic crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
7A	See 5-Down	BRITAIN
8A	Autocracy with real subversion?	BELARUS
9A	Give-and-take retailer was ruined, old man keeping quiet	SWAP
10A	Obstacle in hollow filled with French earth	DETERRENT
12A	Stern, say, man with strap-on locks	SHOCK
13A	Old, awful wine, not half!	ONEINTWO
15A	See 12	JOCK
16A	Olive briefly sheltering black bird	GREBE
17A	Wait, old leader’s back’s gone!	BIDE
18A	Where something latched onto about programme leaves producer?	TEAPLANT
20A	Cast done talking?	THREW
21A	Bunfight that’s sickening ends it a fitting way?	SAVILEROW
22A	Grant for example cut, according to dictator?	HUGH
24A	As cream may be, grainy?	CORNISH
25A	Percentage of litre, a clear, sweet liquid	TREACLE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	See 16	DRAW
2D	Copper ring in standard tap	STOPCOCK
3D	Antelope raising twin goats (3-3)	DIKDIK
4D	Cheeky thing south of London in song on the radio?	DERRIERE
5D	With article breaking, bear in mind it could be – ours?	MADEIN
6D	See 17	SUIT
11D	Possible couch potato internalising variety of woes (3-6)	TWOSEATER
12D	See 19	STONE
14D	See 23	WIDOW
16D	Some FO-OTBALL result?	GOALLESS
17D	Emperor’s new clothes, third stuffed into brown case	BIRTHDAY
19D	Flag in Spain gone with TV broadcast	PAVING
20D	Vulgar, a word that’s void in essay	TAWDRY
21D	See 9-Across	SHOP
23D	Might her inattentive husband be, reportedly, playing around?	GOLF