The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21812 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21812 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21812 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSomewhere in 16 down for Shed to chew over : MUNICH
4-acrossFool around in Defence or Intelligence : MOSSAD
9-acrossWorker with the right to be bitter : BEER
10-acrossBorn loser in labyrinth in the grip of fevered chills : SCHLIMAZEL
11-acrossSmooth little bricks flanking a square : LEGATO
12-acrossWhat the winning jockey has to straddle? : BESTRIDE
13-acrossEx-winger’s exercises taking sex god to a city of yore : PTEROSAUR
15-acrossFrench man or woman’s trouser? : JEAN
16-acrossRemove balls of money in 16 down : GELD
17-acrossM & S in 16 down enters port with explorer : ADMUNDSEN
21-acrossHot drink first put into cereal — you were supposed to blow on it : CRUMHORN
22-acrossConfuse lager with bitter, initially : GARBLE
24-acrossStory about academic with an excuse : PARDONABLE
25-acrossYawn at the end of King Kong, for instance : GAPE
26-acrossJoined together to secure plate containing nutrient : YOLKED
27-acrossOn reflection, say spots result from an unhealthy diet : STODGE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Actress’s sheep tucked into the pigfeed : MAEWEST
2-down – Neither parent’s a woman : NORMA
3-down – Traditions gone through between nations : CUSTOMS
5-down – Headless bird admitting note is redundant : OTIOSE
6-down – Landing good man with bimbo : STAIRHEAD
7-down – Inept character holds editors up somewhere in 16 down : DRESDEN
8-down – Water music man and two sportsmen entering the Underground : THEBLUEDANUBE
14-down – Good example of oriental-style bread coating : ROLEMODEL
16-down – Source of disease : GERMANY
18-down – Beast raised on funny tune : UNGUENT
19-down – Repeated point about excerpts leading to obscurity : ECLIPSE
20-down – Surprise attack sending immoral earner round the bend : POUNCE
23-down – Falsify personal documents, though anything but bent : RIGID

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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