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Indian instrument is taken back by sailor (5)
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Indian instrument is taken back by sailor (5)
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Turn away from livesaver tearfully (5)
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Somewhere in Oz small outlaw tucked into cheese (8)
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Only turning to one instrument (4)
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Look sulky when up to no good? (4)
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It loves wild flowers (7)
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Is it an end to wandering? (11)
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Go in front of piano and go back (7)
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Some food I never eat (4)
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Branch openings for leader in merchant banking (4)
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Popeye's girl is going round with chaps – that's a bad sign (4,4)
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Group appearing in Copenhagen usually (5)
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Irritable jury's conclusion after trial (5)
DOWN
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Abandon the fight (5)
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Thriller's first editions? They're disposable (7)
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Horse, perhaps, making Nora batty! (4)
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US snap in camera? (8)
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Praise former road charge? Not entirely! (5)
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Asian giant holding empty bottle (7)
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They's not straight with trio summoned by old king (8)
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Labrador's lead concealed by audacious pet (7)
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First person taken by northern clubs as a prisoner? (2,5)
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Murderer outside second-class compartment (5)
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Sad poem, for example, in cathedral city (5)
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Suggestion from monarch in trouble (4)
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Daily Cryptic Crossword (2025-06-16)
Daily Puzzle | By https://simplydailypuzzles.com/daily-cryptic/
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Calm Seahorse
●Amazing Wild Boar ●Forgiving Platypus ●Calm Seahorse
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