The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25375 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25375 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Jul 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25375 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFour, minus our two points, equals the bottom number : FEWEST
4-acrossSee 17 : MONSTER
9-across29-land’s oath : DAMNATION
10-acrossGod, victorious leader in a branch of Islam : SHIVA
11-acrossOld fool defaced cat : OUNCE
12-acrossWhere talk may be cheap, laugh out loud about the state of Hollywood, doubled up : LOCALCALL
13-acrossTime locks securing home into which one might vanish : THINAIR
15-acrossFalse sense of security disheartened rabbit protecting warren, ultimately, and the others outside trapped by frog … : BUNKER
17-across… whose friend notices more new cages acceptable : COOKIE
19-acrossWarped members, say, blocking game : BOWLEGS
22-acrossDiscover pickles in car seat : ASCERTAIN
24-acrossRelative of the weasel even more outrageous? : OTTER
26-acrossSee 29 : INLAW
27-acrossSee 15 : MENTALITY
28-acrossMore than one holiday destination makes further arrangements? : RESORTS
29-across2 8 — funny sort of joke! : MOTHER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Dying sound causing clairvoyant scepticism, when heard : FADEOUT
2-down – Western country discovering Hamlet’s frailty? : WOMAN
3-down – Lick, in message from the lips, for an out-of-this-world experience : SPACEWALK
4-down – Caribbean island cancelling party, book taxi : MINICAB
5-down – Nosy people into rocket science, fifty : NASAL
6-down – Asian flag in East Indian capital, fluttering : TAIWANESE
7-down – Jolly ambience’s ending, entering meeting : REALLY
8-down – Mass murderer punched ballerina in the midriff : HITLER
14-down – Is shape close? Equilateral? Scalene? A little of each — or the other! : ISOSCELES
16-down – Lift a lid to poke something proverbially soused, round vegetable : NEWPOTATO
18-down – Totals are up for old scholar : ERASMUS
19-down – First of broken articles, might one be split? : BANANA
20-down – Its output fine speech initially, then supplication : SPRAYER
21-down – Grace, I suspect, is more careful : CAGIER
23-down – One shouting furiously for sportsman : ROWER
25-down – Finally, skirt hitched up, perhaps — so this revealed? : THIGH

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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