AFR Cryptic (New Year 2025) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations
1 HECTORED
Notice positioned outside court or pushed around (8) HEED outsode (CT + OR)
5 ROWING
Olympic sport in dispute (6) Double Definition
9 CHANTS
Church workers repeated songs (6) CH + ANTS
13 READY
Daycare not checking about organised game (5) Anagram of DAYCARE minus CA
14 REAR-END
Auditor involved in split hit back (4-3) EAR inside REND
15 OBSERVANT
Nomadic braves not adhering to religious practices (9) Anagram of BRAVES NOT
17 AUTOPILOT
Ship’s guide is leading one in possession of gold fortune (9) (TOP + I) inside (AU + LOT)
18 ACCOMMODATING
Co-operative, dogmatic man re-engaged outside company? (13) Anagram of DOGMATIC MAN outside CO
19 TUNIC
Unit replaced cold soldier’s jacket (5) Anagram of UNIT + C
20 PARCELS
Central part of airport clears redirected packages (7) air(P)ort + anagram of CLEARS
21 GHETTO
Needy part of city hospital is within reach (6) H inside GET TO
24 ANTHOLOGY
Remixed “hot” record in some record collection (9) (Anagram of HOT + LOG) inside ANY
27 MAORI
Characters returning from Cairo amazed New Zealander (5) caIRO AMazed reversed
28 REMOVE
Transfer half of them involved in cruise (6) th(EM) inside ROVE
30 AULD LANG SYNE
Analysed lung infected long ago (4,4,4) Anagram of ANALYSED LUNG
32 SPOILSPORT
Slop is blended with wine and damper (10) Anagram of SLOP IS + PORT
34 MISSIONARY
Evangelist is one accepted by son carried by Mary (10) [IS + (I inside SON)] inside MARY
36 REPRODUCTION
Breeding decline probed by expert (12) PRO inside REDUCTION
39 SNAPPY
Smart agent catching 40 winks (6) SPY outside NAP
40 ABOUT
A period of illness is concerning (5) A + BOUT
41 WORK ETHIC
Ocker with twisted attitude to hard yakka (4,5) Anagram of OCKER WITH
44 BARONS
Business leaders working in public houses (6) ON inside BARS
45 DESTINY
Fortune and time put into animated production of Disney (7) T inside anagram of DISNEY
48 RECUR
Return to mind ingredients belonging to Pierre Curie (5) pierRE CURie
52 WEATHER-BEATEN
Seasoned wheat (not hard) eaten after herb (7-6) WHEAT minus H + (EATEN after HERB)
54 PERSEVERE
Keep going as such, moving around at all times (9) PERSE outside EVER
55 GATHERING
Gang concentrated on the extreme elements of their troubled group (9) GANG outside anagram of THEIR
56 ORGANZA
Gran worked in Australia with a silky material (7) Anagram of GRAN inside OZ + A
57 DRAFT
Drive behind stock separated from the herd (5) DR + AFT
58 POSTER
Advertising time grabbed by model (6) T inside POSER
59 EASILY
Each one must be handled in secret without difficulty (6) EA + (I inside SLY)
60 HEAR HEAR
Words of agreement may be spoken at this place repeatedly (4,4) Sounds like HERE twice
 Down  Answers and Clues Explanations
1 HERBAL TEA
Her table ordered a hot drink (6,3) Anagram of HER TABLE
2 CHASTEN
Purify speed in empty can? (7) HASTE inside C(a)N
3 OLYMPIC POOL
Ring up after millions invested in policy ruined sports centre (7,4) LOOP reversed after (M inside anagram of POLICY)
4 EARFLAP
A ref switched round cap attachment (7) Anagram of A REF + LAP
6 OPERATE
Make a speech about gym work (7) ORATE outside PE
7 INDECISION
Hesitancy duet oddly displayed during opening (10) (D)u(E)t inside INCISION
8 GLOOM
Become visible after end of mystifying darkness (5) LOOM after mystifyin(G)
9 CUSTOMER
Patron caught employer admitting to mistake initially (8) (C + USER) outside [TO + (M)istake]
10 AIR MATTRESS
Inflatable, one wedged in channel at lock (3,8) I inside ARM + AT + TRESS
11 THAT IS
Sit up holding hat, for example (4,2) SIT reversed outside HAT
12 MASTERLY
It’s needed to sail early without a professional (8) MAST + EARLY minus A
16 TOGS
Swimmers got over sandbars finally (4) GOT reversed + sandbar(S)
21 GRIPPER
It’s made to hold pig’s tail – an excellent thing (7) pi(G) + RIPPER
22 MONOLITH
Mass of rock oil refined in a set period of time (8) Anagram of OIL inside MONTH
23 NEATEN
Clean up last bit of chicken tried by consumers (6) chicke(N) + EATEN
25 TALISMAN
Items from a list represented person’s charm? (8) Anagram of A LIST + MAN
26 OWNING
Having nothing new primarily in part of hospital (6) O + (N)ew inside WING
27 MENU
Waiter’s offering people starter of umeboshi (4) MEN + (U)meboshi
29 HINDER
Check sample of flesh in dermatology (6) flesH IN DERmatology
30 ALMOST
One leaving limo parked in a street pretty well (6) LIMO minus I inside (A + ST)
31 STREAMS
Courses rate badly in text (7) Anagram of RATE inside SMS
33 FEET
Unit used to measure temperature following application of charge (4) T after FEE
35 IMPEACHMENT
Accusation rogue men put in each time (11) IMP + [MEN inside (EACH + T)]
37 CHEERLEADER
Chef mostly cooked real deer for inspiring entertainer (11) (CHE)f + anagram of REAL DEER
38 TOADSTOOLS
Consumers can’t take these to agencies accepting advertisements (10) (TO + TOOLS) outside ADS
41 WHIPPING
Defeat in Poland originally secured by air force unit (8) [HIP + (P)oland] inside WING
42 CARPENTER
Vehicle quietly set down tradie (9) CAR + P + ENTER
43 COURTIER
Palace attendant’s time taken by messenger (8) T inside COURIER
46 SENEGAL
African nation processed film needed in authentication (7) NEG inside SEAL
47 YARDAGE
Distance, for example, a cart reversed (7) (EG + A + DRAY) reversed
49 CREMATE
Burn mark noticed in form (7) M inside CREATE
50 SWIG
Knock back small head cover (4) S + WIG
51 TATTOO
Artwork display by the military (6) Double Definition
53 EAGLE
Each golfer regularly recorded shot on course (5) EA + (G)o(L)f(E)r

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2 Responses to AFR Cryptic (New Year 2025) Solution

  1. Rob Watson says:

    Where does the HIP come from in 41D?