The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26074 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26074 clues and answers were published on Wed 09 Oct 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26074 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossAs a baby, Victor introduces himself? : IMMATURE
9-acrossBoy meeting love on the rebound ending in affair, going out now : ONAIR
10-acrossWorry one on board? : FRET
11-acrossAfter horseplay, wake up with mare — cover your face! : WEARMAKEUP
12-acrossArticles removed from one of 7 that’s solid : STURDY
14-acrossLook to entertain European king, after backing vocals in the moonlight? : SERENADE
15-acrossOne zooms around Belgian capital, seeing lines on a map : ISOBARS
17-acrossHairy thing faced extinction initially, certainly around US city, ending in death : EYELASH
20-acrossBirds on Jack, they say, in an instant? : ROBINSON
22-acrossNumber including unity, one or the other : EITHER
23-acrossMan recently dug up right vegetable consumed by four-eyes, we hear? : RICHARDIII
24-acrossSee 25 : LANE
25-acrossIf Spurs primarily not there, getting confused with the Arsenal 7? : WHITE
26-acrossA golfer’s round including first of putts to get ahead : LEAPFROG

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – 7 meets air after a storm : EMIRATES
2-down – See 25 : HART
3-down – Disheartened, one fleeing landing strip : RUNWAY
4-down – ’E’s looking more sickly after an upset, in return of illness : RELAPSE
5-down – Insect eating mollusc, once : FORMERLY
6-down – Grave in which a sovereign, 23 found buried? : PARKINGLOT
7-down – Cryptically go for the sod? : GROUND
13-down – Given failure to trap a number of bees heard circling his potty, its contents discarded : RUBBISHBIN
16-down – Wait to invest in wine, being cautious : RESERVED
18-down – Way has been wild, fine for antelope : STEENBOK
19-down – 7 — a pitch impressing Liverpudlian, ultimately : ANFIELD
21-down – Brave old giant not quite standing to punch shattered jaw : OJIBWA
22-down – 7 welcomed by Man United, a hit evidently? On the contrary : ETIHAD
24-down – Long sentence somewhat ungrammatical, if effortless : LIFE

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

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