Delve into the intriguing challenges presented by our latest cryptic crossword puzzle, No 30,129. The clues provided below will test your ability to think laterally and unlock the hidden meanings behind the words.
Across Clues
5. Indulged excessively, igniting a firearm (6 letters)
6. Each pathway expressed vocally every single time (6 letters)
9. A festive meal, possibly ending in total disaster (6 letters)
10. Ultimately sound a whistle appropriate for a religious chant (8 letters)
11. Feel intense fear by giving up resistance precisely (4 letters)
12. Astonishment: position at the absolute bottom (4, 6 letters)
13. Minute indication perceived for simultaneous release (11 letters)
18. How furious can a marsupial native to Australia be? (7, 3 letters)
21. Despicable kind employing pairs of hands sporadically (4 letters)
22. The moment set for the first meal of the day (8 letters)
23. Top-notch prelude to literacy? (6 letters)
24. An elderly caretaker extends to reach (6 letters)
25. Keep hidden the contents of one’s mobile device (6 letters)
Down Clues
1. Having most weekdays off is nothing extraordinary (8 letters)
2. Silently representing a squad participant (6 letters)
3. Almost the entire alphabetic sequence from Athens or everything altogether (8 letters)
4. Someone irrationally mimicking repetitive gibberish (6 letters)
5. Crockery potentially soaring through the air (6 letters)
7. A large amount of potentially saline liquid starting to move forward (6 letters)
8. An organism that rummages by smoothing the shore? (11 letters)
14. A contest between auditory alert systems? (4-4 letters)
15. A misleading route confuses a newcomer (8 letters)
16. A cunning and elusive carnivore: eliminate this vote’s leader (6 letters)
17. Facilitate unwinding within a corset? (6 letters)
19. In a political party, like Labour, I discovered equal rights (6 letters)
20. Precisely narrate date and time to encompass a blockbuster (6 letters)
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.