The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26787 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26787 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Jan 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26787 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossAntimony pollutes dirty harbour : GRIMSBY
5-acrossPoorly assembled program in divine setting : SCRAPPY
10-acrossWithout exception one’s abandoned building : BARN
11-acrossLeft back to dwell on the ball? It’s up in the air : TROPOPAUSE
12-acrossTolkien’s art? : MIDDLE
13-acrossLeaves here to instruct parent heartlessly : TEACADDY
14-acrossI keep time, but I’m missing from relaunch of 28 27 : METRONOME
16-acrossSee 24 : STICK
17-acrossSee 12 : EARTH
19-acrossAirplane, a presidential one? : JEFFERSON
23-acrossSee 4 : THELINES
24-acrossVery disappointed about the Spanish holiday, without a phone extension : SELFIE
26-acrossAlliance blocks programme of legislator : SENATORIAL
27-acrossSee 28 : MORI
28-acrossIn endless remembrance, I bury all but the last skull among others : MEMENTO
29-acrossLooking witheringly on apparently good fastening : PITYING

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Grasp what’s behind porkies, we are told : REALISE
3-down – Very keen to keep working for unity : MONAD
4-down – Where one may read in no man’s land? : BETWEEN
6-down – Chapter to be spoken or to be sung : CHORAL
7-down – In brief panic attend to joint — I’m ready to carve : ALABASTER
8-down – Researcher coopts daughter for experiment : POSTDOC
9-down – Bum getting smaller? Mine is hell : BOTTOMLESSPIT
15-down – Having run with the others, I grabbed some food to get back : RETALIATE
18-down – Perform greeting, welcoming non-female boss : ACHIEVE
20-down – Pasta to satisfy one’s hunger, while taking in the Guardian? : FUSILLI
21-down – Moronic sort of letter : OMICRON
22-down – Walking about 30cm requires no energy : ONFOOT
25-down – Gordon Bennett is executed rudely, a Brit : LIMEY

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

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