AFR Cryptic (14/6/2025) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 STRIKING
Remarkable Kangaroo Island seen in series (8) KI inside STRING
5 TIPPED
Leant over and provided some good advice (6) Double Definition
10 RICER
Quantity of water ice rusted kitchen utensil (5) wateR ICE Rusted
11 TEASPOONS
Stirrers tease mostly meddlesome person in retirement (9) (TEAS) + (SNOOP reversed)
12 PRIVATE LIFE
Pressure applied to relative disturbed about providing personal stuff (7,4) P + (anagram of RELATIVE outside IF)
13 EGO
Feelings, say, connected with love (3) EG + O
14 AGATHA CHRISTIE
One in charge that is a twisted crime writer (6,8) I inside anagram of CHARGE THAT IS A
18 WHOLE-HEARTEDLY
Hotel where lady relocated without reservation (5-9) Anagram of HOTEL WHERE LADY
22 SEE
Make out sound of the ocean (3) Sounds like SEA
23 PURPLE PATCH
New model of PC hurt Apple’s period of success (6,5) Anagram of PC HURT APPLE
26 TARPAULIN
Associates of superstar, Paul, inscribed sealed material? (9) supersTAR PAUL INscribed
27 SCULL
Guests ultimately select drink quickly (5) guest(S) + CULL
28 PUNISH
Beat nickel held in press (6) NI inside PUSH
29 GRADIENT
Rise and decline in monetary aid (8) DIE inside GRANT
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 STRIPE
Priest converted a colourful band (6) Anagram of PRIEST
2 RACKING
Coach recalled star performer stretching excessively (7) CAR reversed + KING
3 KOREA
Section of park or earl’s divided land (5) parK OR EArl
4 NOTRE DAME
Somebody sent around to set up wine attraction in Paris (5,4) NAME outside [(TO reversed) + RED]
6 IMPRECISE
One male prepared recipes wrong (9) I + M + anagram of RECIPES
7 PROJECT
Discharge ace caught inside jet (7) PRO + (C inside JET)
8 DISCOVER
Find sound recording too much (8) DISC + OVER
9 MAXI
Racing yacht is last to confirm a team (4) confir(M) + A +XI
15 THESPIANS
The reels containing a cast’s members (9) (THE + SPINS) outside A
16 HARDLINER
Stubborn person owned large vessel crossing river (9) (HAD + LINER) outside R
17 TWIST TOP
Clown holding small pot knocked over beer bottle (5,3) TWIT outside S + (POT reversed)
19 OVERRAN
Deviate, in back of turbo vehicle, went too far (7) ERR inside [turb(O) + VAN]
20 LETTUCE
Cutlet cooked with last slice of huge salad vegetable (7) Anagram of CUTLET + hug(E)
21 CHALET
Accommodating place is well represented in court (6) HALE inside CT
24 RILL
Small stream and river in poor condition (4) R + ILL
25 POSED
Presented short description of sex in school (5) SE(x) inside POD

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