The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25890 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25890 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Mar 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25890 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossTimes outed femme fatale as powerful woman : EMPRESS
5-acrossSpellbound, fellows make soft sound : WHIFFLE
10-acrossWhere to find 12 : STYMIE
11-acrossSwelling with pride, putting company first : GANGLION
12-acrossGlutton stuffing epigastrium : PIG
13-acrossVicar has drink and becomes more active : REVSUP
14-acrossCouple from London Road South, fashionable address for toffs : LORDSHIP
15-acrossIdiots appraise contracts : ASSES
16-acrossChewing caramels and beginning to think he’s so clever : SMARTALEC
19-acrossCounty set berserk — berserk! — about contents of this : BERKSHIRE
21-acrossJoin Gutless Gussie in club : WEDGE
24-acrossDisorder in garden as immature pointer takes beast by ear : CLUBROOT
26-acrossLike to describe cereal as food for 12 : ACORNS
27-acrossWrongly putting forty-nine before fifty? : ILL
28-acrossOffering freedom without hesitation : LIBATION
29-acrossPerson finds relatives in sewer : BODKIN
30-acrossTobey giggled : TEEHEED
31-acrossChain of florists : GARLAND

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Emsworth resolved to avoid women and female relations : MOTHERS
3-down – Behind state investment in small part of Jersey? : RUMPSTEAK
4-down – Dictator’s rung for location of gulags : STEPPE
6-down – Frosty embraces — and not for nothing : HONORARY
7-down – Logs, or crocodiles? : FILES
8-down – Catty predecessor of Benedict XVI? : LEONINE
9-down – Amassing silver bars, in which African capital’s invested : AGGLOMERATING
17-down – Albert’s cap found next to lion, dead annoyed and sounding stuffed : ADENOIDAL
18-down – PS This follows periodically : CHLORINE
20-down – Want to be topless and slippery : EELLIKE
22-down – Neat gin, skipping tonic : GENTIAN
23-down – Rocky capital of Panama : BALBOA
25-down – Unmarried chap seen round entrance to Eastbourne lido? : BEACH

This crossword has in total 31 where 18 are across and 13 are down.

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