AFR Cryptic (30/8/2025) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 TOT UP
Add to sheep on a farm (3,2) TO + TUP
4 REST ROOM
Public facility remains secure in retreat (4,4) REST + (MOOR reversed)
10 SELF-OPINIONATED
Arrogant one said “open lift” in a resort (4-11) Anagram of ONE SAID OPEN LIFT
11 ELASTICS
Graduate’s final class – it redesigned a children’s game (8) graduat(E) + anagram of CLASS IT
12 MEXICO
Male sporting team based in green part of North America (6) M + (XI inside ECO)
14 TENSOR
Ingredients worked in to soften sore muscle? (6) sofTEN SORe
15 RUSHERS
Country’s announced those likely to race (7) Sounds like RUSSIAS
18 ADO
A complete song and dance (3) A + DO
19 PRESENT
Hand over identification pinched from Trump, say (7) PRESIDENT minus ID
21 TURKEY
Bird track heading west maintained by guide (6) RUT reversed + KEY
24 ELDERS
They could be quite old trees (6) Double Definition
26 CURATIVE
Arch with a titanium implant is healing (8) CURVE outside (A + TI)
28 CORPORATE CLIENT
Big customer arranged poor recital in Australian capital (9,6) Anagram of POOR RECITAL inside CENT
29 TREASURY
A user hacked in to check out Government department (8) Anagram of A USER inside TRY
30 TITLE
Name of a book – it plays a part in tale (5) T(A/IT)LE
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 TASTER
State nobbled right person in charge of testing (6) Anagram of STATE + R
2 TILLAGE
Cultivated land left by convict in bond (7) (L + LAG) inside TIE
3 POOR TASTE
Lack of cultivation damaged root in area of gum (4,5) Anagram of ROOT inside PASTE
5 EMIT
News magazine raised issue (4) TIME reversed
6 TINGE
Samples of paint in general colour? (5) painT IN GEneral
7 OUTSIDE
Remote studio broadcast programme’s last instalment (7) Anagram of STUDIO + programm(E)
8 MADHOUSE
Extremely disorganised place had patched in computer equipment (8) Anagram of HAD inside MOUSE
9 PIECE RATE
A receipt incorrectly stated employee’s initial payment based on production (5,4) Anagram of A RECEIPT + (E)mployee
13 PROTRUDED
First to turn vulgar, in poker, stuck out (9) [(T)urn + RUDE] inside PROD
16 STREAMLET
A small amount of water, perhaps, in passage? (9) (A + ML) inside STREET
17 UPPERCUT
Evening meal not starting with prune punch (8) (s)UPPER + CUT
20 ENDORSE
Finish on horse tossing head back (7) END + (h)ORSE
22 EMINENT
Renowned enterprise’s closing mine on border of Northern Territory (7) enterpris(E) + MINE + NT
23 PESTLE
Sort of steel adding finish to power grinder (6) Anagram of STEEL after P
25 ROOTS
Time taken by members of mob and underground network (5) T inside ROOS
27 FAIR
Just light (4) Double Definition

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