The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26703 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26703 clues and answers were published on Thu 15 Oct 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26703 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossWent for private piece by author that is not printed : JOINEDUPWRITING
9-acrossReplaced gold vessel filled with English fruit : ROSEHIP
10-acrossDevilish traditions appeal : IMPLORE
11-acrossVery large note : SOL
12-acrossGoalie turns out to make the rules : REGULATIONS
13-acrossAn available sum in foreign money no use here? : LANCASHIRE
15-acrossJoin the main mass : SEAM
18-acrossStory young girl lisped : MYTH
20-acrossDivorced, eh? Good news for one in for the long term : FREEPARDON
23-acrossElegantly decadent discovery: unnamed licensee has been sacked : FINDESIECLE
25-acrossCharge less than the whole meal allowance : FEE
26-acrossAncient European expelled from a Victorian city : AGELONG
27-acrossA daughter in French port finally off? Not so fast! : ANDANTE
28-acrossFarm animals doing less well — a blow in expensive area : STOCKBROKERBELT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – City judge putting line through revoked law : JERUSALEM
2-down – Sugar controller’s rude remark cut short: it starts again : INSULIN
3-down – Airy, last to believe what actually exists? : ETHEREAL
4-down – Release record, Savanna Herd Rounded Up : UNPEG
5-down – Trail grew doubtful, however magnified : WRITLARGE
6-down – Charge one: being unable to speak, keeping quiet : IMPUTE
7-down – Imogen’s confession of alcoholism, in one of several forms : ISOTOPE
8-down – Argues strenuously, displaying poor judgment : GUESS
14-down – Not unknown for prince to hold drinking bout — a sign of the future? : HARBINGER
16-down – One way to get team something in a pie : MINCEMEAT
17-down – Pike played by him — a victory, when reeled into the bank : LAVENDER
19-down – Cross with bell regularly interrupting dance : TANGELO
21-down – Ministry to abolish border posts? : DEFENCE
22-down – Be about to visit castle, having to change tickets : REBOOK
23-down – Saying a few words, starts to come apart : FRAYS
24-down – Decipher joke : CRACK

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

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