The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26690 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26690 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Sep 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26690 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossDissolute chap drinks good French red : ROUGE
10-acrossBony bits in ear — wager about five all round : VERTEBRAE
11-acrossUntidy women mislaid Len’s tarts : SLATTERNS
12-acrossNote to social worker’s intended : MEANT
13-acrossSome Mother’s Pride? Worried about one slice having no crusts : LIONCUB
15-acrossConstant snot supply in nose often picked at first : NONSTOP
17-acrossVirgin, topless and bottomless, to show not Jewish? : ARYAN
18-acrossWith starter finally re­placed, consumed meal : TEA
20-acrossShort time before eating seconds : TERSE
22-acrossDrop a query somewhat less easy to understand : OPAQUER
25-acrossDemands this month’s cover for One Direction : INSISTS
26-acrossGreek character, soldier and model live in squalor : PIGIT
27-acrossVolunteers to wear a G-string mostly designed for a heavenly body : GIANTSTAR
30-acrossSimple writing about space for flat dwellers? : PLAINSMEN
31-acrossA large computer returned name of God : ALLAH

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Arsenal’s content members … : ARMS
2-down – … one of which is flipping politician of no value : NUGATORY
3-down – Oops, freshly out of potatoes newly dug : TEAT
4-down – All parts of computer memory that can be on or off to the same degree : EVERYBIT
5-down – Up the Gunners! ringing around one lost away leg, initially : ARISEN
6-down – Stops white ants covering new area : TERMINATES
7-down – Straying partner, topless, putting it about : ERRANT
8-down – Let rip : RENT
13-down – Motherless animal raised on plain : LLANO
14-down – Doctor, you said, left wearing uniform : CONSULTANT
16-down – Closely packed crowd in lift : PRESS
19-down – Puck, lusty creature, into female birds in the area : AVIFAUNA
21-down – Make new home right above East Yorkshire town : RESETTLE
23-down – Dog given a name after a series of letters : AFGHAN
24-down – Cook starts to explain echidna’s grim diet? : REGIME
26-down – Immature creature — ant’s first stage as insect : PUPA
28-down – Stimulate a tart’s nipple : TEAT
29-down – Builder hurriedly erected housing area in Germany : RUHR

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

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