Puzzler Cryptic puzzle clues 2025 Aug 28

• Baffle animal (3) Crossword Clue
• Capital punishment began during outbreak of jokes (6) Crossword Clue
• Comply with notice (7) Crossword Clue
• Crowd around some kangaroos (3) Crossword Clue
• Dawn departure is unauthorised absence (6,5) Crossword Clue
• Decorates notice with gold points (6) Crossword Clue
• Do see, said physician (3) Crossword Clue
• Drop of ouzo when one's in watering hole (5) Crossword Clue
• Foreign affairs? (6) Crossword Clue
• Former king raised by small Persian king (6) Crossword Clue
• Forum supervisor sees engine broken by reckless dare (9) Crossword Clue
• Gag ringleader, the prankster (5) Crossword Clue
• Girl passing over Herts town in the dark (7) Crossword Clue
• His kind, I've realised, includes one who swims without a suit! (4-5) Crossword Clue
• Left in team to make angled move (5) Crossword Clue
• Local target of a river authority (9) Crossword Clue
• Love the French matador's cry (3) Crossword Clue
• More confused when series broadcast after first of May (7) Crossword Clue
• Restored confidence, while certain to be in the red (9) Crossword Clue
• Scatterbrained MP eyed death suspiciously (5-6) Crossword Clue
• Small vehicle getting hit (6) Crossword Clue
• Sort of seed, half seed no different (6) Crossword Clue
• Spot second kiss (5) Crossword Clue
• Strike small, small creature (5) Crossword Clue
• Suggest wearing mink, say (5) Crossword Clue
• Tell a ranter off (7) Crossword Clue