Crosswords Set by: Paul Wed 7 Aug 2024 01.00 CEST Cryptic crossword No 29,455 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Paul Wed 7 Aug 2024 01.00 CEST Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Across 7 Kid after shave primarily, one using scissors (7) 8 A tinker spattered substance in hair (7) 9 Spot trimmed by the ears (4) 10 Massaging of pate with blue rinse initially respected (9) 12 Step by step in Cuba, taking little bits of moustache and my beard off (5) 13 Host has caught male 5 down? (8) 15, 17 Do not cope with right jerks! (4,4) 16 Scorer, hairy lips and bust (5) 17 See 15 18 Skinhead has issue, I note (8) 20 Trim off goatee finally, one of those worn by bishop (5) 21 Christening baby after rear wiped, bun on it combed back first (9) 22 Organ in doll originally shaved off (4) 24 Whinge about this Latin style (7) 25 Style of workers’ accommodation? (7) Down 1 Tangle of hair by no means under discussion? (4) 2 Pieces with mane oddly plaited, for example (8) 3 Eccentric hairstyle on which barrier placed (6) 4 Stop and check locks in tsar when unruly (8) 5 Cutter and scorer (6) 6 Get food stuck in beard, in eating (4) 11 Jumbo, say, tender daughter has filled in style (9) 12 Length of some tress? (5) 14 Love fringes on amigo with red waves (5) 16 Thug knocking over John and Henry, one with crew cut (8) 17 In which fur sent flying with Spooner’s big bird? (8) 19 Rascal with mop going bald, hurt (6) 20 Swimming style? (6) 21 Slip over in style (4) 23 Princess sends old queen up in style (4)
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