The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th February 2022

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th February 2022. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	See 15
AAcross 8:	Inflamed area poked by sick fool
AAcross 9:	Fool, big lump
AAcross 10:	Fools take on county
AAcross 12:	Stop feeding wrong dose to fool
AAcross 13:	Grid in FT cryptic lacking purpose?
AAcross 15:	Fool with yellow Caribbean dish
AAcross 16:	Dip about right for dipso
AAcross 17:	Twist in tornado?
AAcross 18:	First of balls found in broken urinal behind entrance of tennis court
AAcross 20:	Fool in defence, City's back
AAcross 21:	Turn up to either building, though not hospital
AAcross 22:	See 12
AAcross 24:	Island where sweet thing faces giant of the ocean
AAcross 25:	Cheap wine, burgundy almost knocked over — fool!
DDown 1:	Dish having Asian lentils for starters?
DDown 2:	Distorted notes in passport, say, held by a decrepit thing
DDown 3:	Frail worker having broken spirit, lifted
DDown 4:	Fool lowers credit
DDown 5:	Grievance expressed when one enters place
DDown 6:	High point reached, some problem catching up
DDown 11:	Swimmer's bloody outdated style
DDown 12:	Marxist revolutionary and British head of state in lift
DDown 14:	Fool one in three names with chicanery, finally
DDown 16:	Condemn fool holding figure upside down
DDown 17:	Far from bloody good job!
DDown 19:	One following fool gripping lead on rabid dog
DDown 20:	That man in violent slide reversing car
DDown 21:	Fool covering king in some butter
DDown 23:	Arouse wife on the ground