The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25793 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25793 clues and answers were published on Wed 14 Nov 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25793 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossTrapping a number cruncher, jailing one : CAPARISON
8-acrossBoatman’s swallowed a number of coins : MONEY
9-acrossMetal cruet’s unsavoury effects on flavour : TINCTURES
10-acrossA number : SIXTY
12-acrossIt’s still not quite Saturday : STATUE
13-acrossOne sent off to sea: Sir, my condition is poor : EMISSARY
16-acrossWattles and clay antedate concrete in architecture’s structural origins : ACACIAS
19-acrossEuro rebuilt around community twice starts to rise by chance again : REOCCUR
22-acrossA number may be vulgar about right wing : FRACTION
25-acrossOld German took seat from Spooner, where we’d say Kiss Me Quick : SUNHAT
27-acrossSeven odd numbers, not including 7 : EVENS
28-acrossRussell Brand’s estranged wife, perhaps † : SEXSYMBOL
29-acrossA number of birds often found on restaurant walls? : FLOCK
30-acrossIrrational number is a means to go deeper : SUBMARINE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Irrational number in former times crudely labelled Catholic : PAPIST
2-down – A number of disaffected Roman Catholics don’t use shalom in letters : NARCOTIC
3-down – Think of a number : FIGURE
4-down – Anticipate what anticipates 5D say? : FORESEE
5-down – Numbers of parrots : COPIES
6-down – Perhaps a permit to speak? : LETTER
11-down – 7 in 8 hold the next number? : NINE
14-down – Mysteries revealed in Five Go Off In A Caravan novel : ARC
15-down – Even my dear solver’s somewhat vulgar : YER
16-down – Boy solves 22 minus 2nd of 3rd : ALF
17-down – See 14 : ANA
18-down – A number backing political alliance : AXIS
20-down – Tenderly taking care of a number at asylum, initially a larger number : CONAMORE
21-down – An innocent nun? Strangely that’s : INGENUE
23-down – Rise up, my dear, rise up and take the lead : REVOLT
24-down – They question motives behind arrests following vice report : CYNICS
25-down – Seed, sperm etc: initially there’s no difference : SESAME
26-down – Number 1: multiply : AMOUNT

This crossword has in total 32 where 14 are across and 18 are down.

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