The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Feb 04

• Academic's third paper up for discussion (2,5) Crossword Clue
• Admirer cheers to support popular Spanish princess (7) Crossword Clue
• After a couple of days, was the person in charge confused? (6) Crossword Clue
• Animal noises filling stable at sunset (6) Crossword Clue
• Bit of ramen ultimately eaten a lot, but not quite finished (6) Crossword Clue
• Boat rather packed with deckchairs in the middle (8) Crossword Clue
• Carry on being cheeky about female relative (7) Crossword Clue
• Cut, in a way, assistance for driver, mostly at that time (6) Crossword Clue
• Dish taken from church illicitly (6) Crossword Clue
• Dodgy plastic pipes around museum pieces cracked and leaked, perhaps (4,11) Crossword Clue
• Elegant features of associations in a French resort? (8) Crossword Clue
• Extremely cocky tennis champ is somewhat mechanical individual (6) Crossword Clue
• Family experiences in South America and somewhere in Africa (8) Crossword Clue
• Frustrated senior journo pursuing hard liquor (8) Crossword Clue
• Hot German Christmas cake one left out (6) Crossword Clue
• I need help taking on case for philosopher (8) Crossword Clue
• Line penned by Victorian author? I don't think so! (6) Crossword Clue
• Love one playing Disintegration (7) Crossword Clue
• Misleading promise of payment included in project details (8) Crossword Clue
• Moved hods wearing sensible footwear (8) Crossword Clue
• Part of the UK rioters trashed with such glee (15) Crossword Clue
• Posts secured at the front with one stud, possibly (5,3) Crossword Clue
• Soap maybe picked up; it's usually sold in boxes (6) Crossword Clue
• Upset created by obvious item you can dispense with? (8) Crossword Clue
• Widely recognised architectural style outside capital of Crete (6) Crossword Clue
• You shouldn't have stood up periodically hiding something up your sleeve? (5,3) Crossword Clue