The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25432 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25432 clues and answers were published on Tue 20 Sep 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25432 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossDrink pop — quite a large can : TEQUILA
5-acrossSee 1 : SLAMMER
9-acrossCall drink’s ready before driving : TEEUP
10-acrossRaise glasses for final drink : BOTTOMSUP
11-acrossNew product served by pub — cheers! : INNOVATION
12-acrossWatch Frenchman leaving bank : TIER
14-acrossThink logically about broadcast — air it at once! : RATIOCINATE
18-acrossMules are leading boys into prickly tall grass : CROSSBREEDS
21-acrossBitter or mild? No place for it here : ACID
22-acrossAttacks husband and wife in Coach & Horses : BUSHWHACKS
25-acrossPlagiarists? Setter has to catch everyone about to be sacked from the cast : IMITATORS
26-acrossStir drink when full to the brim : ROUSE
27-acrossDenies beaten army leaves East Germany in disguise : NEGATES
28-acrossTax muscles before painful swelling ensues : ABSCESS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – King Edward’s voice worn out? : TATTIE
2-down – Technique ensuring clutches for egg layers : QUEENS
3-down – Mischievous maiden hiding in drain : IMPOVERISH
4-down – Confines doctor, key placed outside : AMBIT
5-down – Quietly tell drunk to say when I depart : SOTTOVOCE
6-down – Running madly to King’s Head a short while earlier : AMOK
7-down – City slam United — that’s inexplicable! : MYSTICAL
8-down – She might write about beer : REPORTER
13-down – Is posh beer brewed in living quarters? : BIOSPHERES
15-down – Twisting round base of finger causes great pain : TORTUROUS
16-down – Cocoa is drunk near opening time : OCCASION
17-down – Discerning mixture of gin and tonic : NOTICING
19-down – Get drunk, eat cold stew : SCOUSE
20-down – Becomes expert at removing top from plants : ASTERS
23-down – Landlord given American plant : HOSTA
24-down – Time to knock back whisky : MALT

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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