A new cryptic crossword puzzle, number 30,124, has been released, challenging fans with a series of intricate clues to solve.
Across Clues
8 across: Eight letters are needed to describe speaking highly of someone at a later stage in New York.
9 across: A six-letter term for bringing out a client I fancy, without the final distinction.
10 across: An eight-letter word for an overwhelming situation, where a sister is found among papers at the back of an office.
11 across: Find a six-letter answer for refusing to allow a car around a British institute.
12 across: A woman known for her love of party footwear might quickly leave in four words—four, two, four, and five letters long.
15 across: Use five letters to follow the sound of a wader.
16 across: A sheltered place containing a bit of garlic and a learner, solved in five letters.
20 across: A five and ten-letter solution is needed for a major enquiry disrupted by the claim of noisy rooms.
21 across: Six letters will reveal a place to get around in a sweltering island capital.
23 across: An eight-letter clue involves recalling a current religious teacher who grabs a grilled ordinary fare.
25 across: Provide a six-letter word for a pair nearly in a dominant place that moves very quickly.
26 across: Scouts are tasked with an eight-letter activity involving work in Greece shortly and clubs.
Down Clues
1 down: Seven letters describe a politician raising a man with a problem related to a hospital.
2 down: A ten-letter word for a plant set awkwardly in a patio is required.
3 down: Four letters are needed to represent a part of a brigade located in the capital.
4 down: Find a seven-letter word for hiding progress when the day with November is gone.
5 down: A director is identified by ten letters, involving a last character following passion, left detained by a priest.
6 down: A four-letter word for a dishonest type found when the contents of a hide-out are switched.
7 down: A seven-letter clue refers to one dubbed as a flipping guide missing an opening, being farcical.
13 down: Film involvement from seeing a Conservative in an old country requires a two and eight-letter response.
14 down: An imagined flight in a nosedive is depicted with ten letters.
17 down: A seven-letter word captures the approach of staying with a diary minus a line.
18 down: A person positioned with Henry and Rita, maybe having a jar, solves with seven letters.
19 down: Seven letters note approval words left after departing from an island location.
22 down: Four letters describe a family member who regularly goes to a venue in Tower Hamlets.
24 down: The feature of a canal, beginning with ‘observe first’, is expressed in four letters.
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.