The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26133 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26133 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Dec 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26133 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossThe first prize, it’s mad : IRATE
10-acrossChocolate bar shortened by company sweet discoverer : MARCOPOLO
11-acrossVeruca Salt’s second to upset one discharging : EVACUATOR
12-acrossSweet chap’s beginning to hand out bags : DOLCE
13-acrossQueen to copy her speech rejected draft : PREPARE
15-acrossBullfighters ruptured, got up, finishing early : TOREROS
17-acrossFilm on Charlie’s prized possession : ASSET
18-acrossSo chapter is over : SIC
20-acrossAnimal in river? : HIPPO
22-acrossFudge leads to young Augustus Gloop saying sorry : APOLOGY
25-acrossMostly with Charlie in European city : ANTWERP
26-acrossGot it in mouth back to front! : BINGO
27-acrossThose that follow notice chosen child in playground yard : POSTERITY
30-acrossDoctor’s transport contracts head for delay : TARDINESS
31-acrossBar and Mike Teavee’s wrapper go around 11? : BREAK

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – See 31 : TIME
2-down – First person to be professional driver, after car sweets : CARAMELS
3-down – Second half of some freak’s short list : MENU
4-down – Conceals kinky sex with rest : SMOTHERS
5-down – Doctor right about fungal disease : DRYROT
6-down – Essentially, it’s not about odd man — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s musical song : TOODARNHOT
7-down – Rewriting Roald Dahl’s final piece for money : DOLLAR
8-down – Spoiled Violet Beauregarde’s hollow sign of affection : LOVE
13-down – Place a 10-point tile on a square : PLAZA
14-down – Like great food, no starter’s great : ASTRONOMIC
16-down – So work interrupted by Charlie Bucket : SCOOP
19-down – Most blue, Charlie’s in bed : COARSEST
21-down – Quiet about sex, if turning up as Mr and Mrs? : PREFIXES
23-down – They hold winner, hiding in large packaging : OWNERS
24-down – Endlessly spoke Willy Wonka’s last parts, actor recalled : YAPPED
26-down – See 8 : BITE
28-down – English books section declines : EBBS
29-down – Peasant’s left out of frame featuring Buckets? : YOKE

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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