The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27021 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27021 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27021 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPut in picture, mount­ed, then taken out : UPDATED
5-acrossHead in control of ITV revised The Prisoner : CAPTIVE
10-acrossGuide snubs one, so has he lost it? : PLOT
11-acrossDoctor called in to nurse royal prince’s favourite : CINDERELLA
12-acrossClassy medic and artist tour Italy, or part of it : UMBRIA
13-acrossVerse feature that sounds wrong? Check out Frost, say : EYERHYME
14-acrossBurst in about 10 roughly and stop : INTERRUPT
16-acrossLanguage test went up by a penny : PROSE
17-acrossGood writer’s opening room for another one : GRIMM
19-across17 character’s present holiday in Kent? : SNOWWHITE
23-acrossMac, a cool guy from Zagreb, runs to the front : RAINCOAT
24-acrossA barber’s in dispute : ATODDS
26-acrossAngela’s one means of communication : HIGHGERMAN
27-acrossPrincess’s partner for playing golf : FROG
28-acrossDelicacy father sacrificed for speed : AGILITY
29-acrossShops retain current accounts : STORIES

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – What vamp wants to do for coach : PULLMAN
3-down – Daisy needs a bit taken off behind : ASTER
4-down – Name inscribed in cake in plain language : ENCLAIR
6-down – Old relatives occasionally upset inside? So be it : APEMEN
7-down – First estate’s service provider? : THECHURCH
8-down – Very old smokers tackle European books : VOLUMES
9-down – Start tale thus or continue a poem willy-nilly? : ONCEUPONATIME
15-down – Food on board people in hamlet prepared : EMMENTHAL
18-down – Each department head in group delivers lesson : READING
20-down – Stand with headgear on upside down, tense : WHATNOT
21-down – Swimmer’s story about day beside river : TADPOLE
22-down – Side of Nottingham that supplies mast or masts : FOREST
25-down – Tender chest? Remove top : OFFER

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

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