The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25902 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25902 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Mar 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25902 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCall boy’s takeover : HIJACK
4-acrossI finish the paper and don’t say a word, getting more embarrassed : SHREDDER
9-acrossTax on part of capital suggested by one of the Greens? : LOVAT
10-acrossGuardian people personally bear being translated with spirits : OURSELVES
11-acrossJethro’s accepted name for game with partners in place of the disgusted : TUNBRIDGE
12-acrossSee 11 : WELLS
13-acrossSensational development of a lord and master in police force : MELODRAMATIC
17-acrossSee 20 : ASAPIKESTAFF
20-acrossIt’s quite obvious you should give level ground urgently to Eisenhower and Co : PLAIN
21-acrossOne location in which British king turns to Middle Easterner : ISRAELITE
23-acrossKnowledge obtained during golden break in friend’s house : DOGKENNEL
24-acrossFormerly called early supper, as they say? : HIGHT
25-acrossRevolutionary movement with wings? : REDSTART
26-acrossEngineer in 5 is frit : SCARED

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Interval of third or seventh note? : HALFTIME
2-down – Young ’un, dance with a swing, if I were you, flower! : JUVENILE
3-down – Provide for pet corgi owner : CATER
5-down – Rome’s in trouble, besieged by cyber criminal on line with fish : HORSEMACKEREL
6-down – The Guardian is in Leeds, resolved to find white flower : EDELWEISS
7-down – Are they responsible for many bad things? : DEVILS
8-down – Among other things is Don’t comply : RESIST
10-down – Veteran coped with alarming effect : OLDCAMPAIGNER
14-down – Sell shares small boy put up, not wearing a shirt? : DISINVEST
15-down – Claim to have illness caused by a gremlin : MALINGER
16-down – Moved to be insincere : AFFECTED
18-down – Has another bath up from which he cannot climb? : SPIDER
19-down – Witch doctor initially taking in mythical voyager to Mars : WARGOD
22-down – Code for the thick-headed : ETHIC

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

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