The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25459 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25459 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Oct 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25459 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossRiddler endlessly chattering, loathing lost muscle : SPHINCTER
6-acrossSee 3 : TIME
8-acrossMoved in anger to expose newspaper boss : OUTRAGED
9-acrossInadequate theme: a Great Bear appears : MEAGRE
10-acrossWacky Tom and Taz are crackers : MATZOT
11-acrossPlayers as Madrid’s, named as stars : SIDEREAL
12-acrossInvestigator misses nothing in a crook : CORNER
15-acrossBoatman’s type taken in on method of formation of stars : MILKYWAY
16-acrossDecaying star in dock after recorded statement : REDDWARF
19-acrossCriminal bribed with earth-moving kit : DIBBER
21-acrossAn awful thing: see a formation of stars die : DISASTER
22-acrossLeader to come back, able to move the spirit : COGNAC
24-acrossUnable to arrange formation of stars : NEBULA
25-acrossBoatman unmoved after article regarding military invasion : ANABASIS
26-acrossThe East is held back by America’s extremes? : ASIA
27-acrossVolatile big shot takes medic on board aerial war contraption : BOMBSIGHT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Dry sweat with Italian lady in a hot place? : SAUNA
2-down – Where the sky begins, the earth ends at last in formation of stars : HORIZON
3-down – An awful thing, the moment when stars appear : NIGHT
4-down – A lot to arrange, not all reported : TIDYSUM
5-down – American rearranged thatching stuff to include pattern : REMODELED
6-down – Support for afternoon service : TEATRAY
7-down – Preserve holy one appointed by Spooner : MARMALADE
13-down – Cracks in new order or else in new start : ONELINERS
14-down – Sunday lunch of wild boar, holding whisky glass — bottoms up! : ROASTLAMB
17-down – Batman and Joker turning up for kids in Hollywood? : DRACULA
18-down – Piece of branch with shoot on it : FIREARM
20-down – Aging, decaying, taking two seconds for the formation of stars : BIGBANG
22-down – Origin of creation heralds appearance of stars : CHAOS
23-down – An arrangement of stars wrongly set as &Lit : ALIST

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

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