The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26530 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26530 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Mar 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26530 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossChair’s position in need of rescuing? : OVERBOARD
10-acrossField football team, missing second half : REALM
11-acrossPrince Harry agrees to forecast : PRESAGE
12-acrossHeath suppressed a quiet whip’s job : LASHING
13-acrossPoles admit appreciation is getting closer : NEARS
14-acrossBolt pursued thus? Emphatically so! : BYTHUNDER
16-acrossFuture conditions overcome on behalf of English actors : WEATHERFORECAST
19-acrossChap declines to carry old maiden — they go off eventually : TIMEBOMBS
21-acrossDaisy and what’s fixed thereon? : OXEYE
22-acrossIt precedes golf dance : FOXTROT
23-acrossForesee bull chasing priest : PREDICT
24-acrossState where open society’s in revolt : SYRIA
25-acrossOld herbivore’s droppings suffice in bags : IGUANODON

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Spooner’s East London clique drenched : SOPPINGWET
2-down – A rare medic all but rejected sweetener : DEMERARA
3-down – Threats once to a sub at sea : UBOATS
4-down – Old physician contracted a lot of wind : GALE
5-down – As an adoring fan, I perform with our last cast : IDOLATROUS
6-down – See 14 : PRESSURE
7-down – Divers struggled to ford a river : VARIED
8-down – Some regularly flee rising pollution : SMOG
14-down – It’s measured by the glass : BAROMETRIC
15-down – Conceding defeat, sailor goes over to be in Paris : RETREATING
17-down – It’s wintry in Ireland, except for one lough : HIBERNAL
18-down – Crow, say, makes changes circling Rhode Island : AMERINDS
20-down – French 21 down embrace 9 sociable types : MIXERS
21-down – Where canoes founder? : OCEANS
22-down – His forecast originally was wrong : FISH
23-down – Listened to Hole in bucket? : POUR

This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.

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