The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25405 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25405 clues and answers were published on Fri 19 Aug 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25405 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSemi-automated nun? : CREATUREOFHABIT
9-acrossSmall convertible country needs golden permit : LANDAULET
10-acrossCorruption? They say not : TAINT
11-acrossReview ignited craze for appropriate food : DIETING
12-acrossQuieten consequential development without difficulty? : APPEASE
13-acrossSee 24 : HOW
14-acrossPay no attention to information backing part of academic speech : NEGLECT
17-acrossLike 1 down and 30 less 100, unpleasantly drunk : SOTTISH
19-acrossMarker maybe for captain or umpire to supply troop with weapons : ARMBAND
22-acrossMartial instrument used by north country naval officers? : WARDRUM
24-acrossA youth hostel in these days is all over the place : ANY
25-acrossApplaud bad actor at junction : CLAPHAM
26-acrossNymph in ballad to look back into coal production : CALYPSO
28-acrossOtherwise the other way in Boston : NOTSO
29-acrossFault wherewith to get angler … : GREATGLEN
30-across… maybe to catch Pole during board game battle — Fate and the Queen must cover it : LOCHNESSMONSTER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – 29 contains a clan repeatedly worried about turning up in poem : CALEDONIANCANAL
2-down – Wise computer? : ERNIE
3-down – Maybe meet at 1 or 4 in song : TEATIME
4-down – The girl to set me on fire again : RELIGHT
5-down – People like Robin, not the wife’s? : OUTLAWS
6-down – Sulphur in dish at clubbing centre : HOTSPOT
7-down – Officer at second Baltic city getting bumpy ride : BRIGADIER
8-down – Turning point of course, turning at tenth morning : TATTENHAMCORNER
15-down – In relation to exercise my acting’s bad : GYMNASTIC
16-down – Sculptor has skill with eggs : CAN
18-down – See 16 : OVA
20-down – Paddy forest? : ASHDOWN
21-down – Mother is getting on with legal compensation : DAMAGES
22-down – Why heartless half of Essex town formed a tree : WYCHELM
23-down – The man who cut off his arm right by Cumbrian town : RALSTON
27-down – Guide to one in piece of ground : PILOT

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

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