The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25421 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25421 clues and answers were published on Wed 07 Sep 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25421 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossUlysses remake represented modern-day exiles : ASYLUM
5-acrossDames popular with sailors? : BROADS
8-acrossOne is getting skinny without essential nutrient : THIAMIN
9-acrossSee 1 : SEEKERS
11-acrossI have ruled as tsar, haven’t I? : IVANTHETERRIBLE
12-acrossDoes once make orthographical mistake : DOTH
13-acrossSadly concur more than half of drugs can be found in abundance : CORNUCOPIA
17-acrossThey love football team’s jockstraps? : SUPPORTERS
18-acrossIt’s nasty, brutish, short : CRUD
20-acrossExtremely dangerous and revolting, the trematode devours other’s innards : ARMEDTOTHETEETH
23-acrossAfter essentially easeful death, poor beggar’s finally buried and returned to the ground : EARTHED
24-acrossProvide new material for extremely familiar Private Eye gag : REEQUIP
25-acrossDevotee starts to find Lady Gaga unbearably boring : DEADLY
26-acrossCountry bumpkins died for the king, making horrible noises : YODELS

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Pretend group performed in theatre? : SPINALTAP
3-down – Without these I’m it : LIMITS
4-down – Bloke has to leave vegetables : MANGETOUT
5-down – Count brass : BASIE
6-down – Obsessive finds love on the web a source of pain : ONETRACK
7-down – Eejit in America taken in by weel-faur’d wee bletherskate : DWEEB
8-down – English actress’s assets for part of the political system : THIRDESTATE
10-down – Management employing waitress with PhD : STEWARDSHIP
14-down – Doctor only ignoring adult’s rather trapped wind : NORTHERLY
15-down – Constant review of university in recent study : PERPETUAL
16-down – Moved like the wind around end of haunted outhouse : WOODSHED
19-down – Amateur race which is dangerous, being over the limit in Escort : ATTEND
21-down – Diminutive, fat and married to Homer : MARGE
22-down – In the manner of 1, 9 — perhaps in a strange way : ODDLY

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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