The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2025 Nov 21

• Ate out, went and got topless (6) Crossword Clue
• A time to have chocolate-covered dates? Quite the reverse! (6) Crossword Clue
• Balloon is no fun from the outset, and others go up (7) Crossword Clue
• Bully is one acting to grab that which belongs to me (8) Crossword Clue
• Dancers in mid-step … (8) Crossword Clue
• … game, where girl goes across line (8) Crossword Clue
• Gary Coleman's last performance? (5) Crossword Clue
• Half-upset, was suffused with passion (6) Crossword Clue
• Haul bundled crops with bits falling off (5) Crossword Clue
• In brief: about time (9) Crossword Clue
• Mind thematic character's greenery (5) Crossword Clue
• Number 1 against seeds in third and fourth place (6) Crossword Clue
• On a crest, fur, metal, splash of colour? Amazingly, true! (8) Crossword Clue
• One's struck by shattering of only hope (9) Crossword Clue
• Poor excuse? (5) Crossword Clue
• Rests up (4) Crossword Clue
• Scientists propose more scientists retract first (9) Crossword Clue
• … seen during Bank Holiday … (4) Crossword Clue
• Setting off, parking Tesla to have something to eat (6) Crossword Clue
• Showing age, uncomfortably nude, I covered wiener, backing indoors (9) Crossword Clue
• Silly, like in fifth grade? (7) Crossword Clue
• Soup with crust of skin covering (6) Crossword Clue
• Space not quite enough for a big red book? (7) Crossword Clue
• Sum up about two seconds' talk (7) Crossword Clue
• Those north of Zimbabwe and South Africa going round South Namib (8) Crossword Clue
• Thrilled at first quarter growth (6) Crossword Clue
• Timothy and Bridget met and stripped (6) Crossword Clue
• Twinkling girls that might be described as 'thick and sweet' (8) Crossword Clue