The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26385 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26385 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Oct 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26385 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPlace for meeting? Get on with opportunity : BOARDROOM
6-acrossMember worried partner : MATE
8-acrossThis paper’s ignoring another? Front of Times showing full face : GUARDANT
9-acrossStopped spouting rubbish, primarily, with year in retirement : RANDRY
10-acrossIT system in hospital dividing opinion : THENET
11-acrossSee 22 down : ELEPHANT
12-acrossGot up to speed: final letter about low returns : ZOOMED
15-acrossThrow in on close of play as filling — it’s bedlam : LOONYBIN
16-acrossIt’s reflected within uses for pay : STIPENDS
19-acrossSee 17 : SECTOR
21-acrossDoctor inhales lit piece : DECIPHER
22-acrossHit in the morning — money coming into question? : WHAMMY
24-acrossState going forward, on the contrary, poster having a short opening : NEVADA
25-acrossSteer to enter these businesses? One points to ambition : DRIVEINS
26-acrossOne cuts confusion, having switched first half : ADZE
27-acrossRolling Stones out, individually sustained in music : SOSTENUTO

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Touch base at start : BRUSH
2-down – Account right? Gross on my radar, say : ACRONYM
3-down – Plan which might be taken on board, we hear : DRAFT
4-down – Contract beginning — beginners perform better in business : OUTSELL
5-down – Lethal drink knocked back roused drunk : MURDEROUS
6-down – Regularly in day they replace English with bull, ultimately : MONTHLY
7-down – Director managed to cut rubbish : TARANTINO
13-down – Working with those people? Stop improving : ONTHEMEND
14-down – No good stopping awful “heads up” for business gatherings : DUNGHEAPS
17-down – Place for business? Proactive to work with rest : PRIVATE
18-down – Hears director invested after section walks : STRIDES
20-down – Possible place for grapevine gossip? Nice water : CHATEAU
22-down – “Reinventing the wheel” inapt: it’s not needed : WHITE
23-down – Staff love to take last of low-hanging fruit : MANGO

This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.

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