The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22167 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22167 clues and answers were published on Tue 27 Mar 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22167 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossShe’s seen it in one of the tabloids : SUSAN
4-acrossWatch With Mother interrupts bath-time negotiator : DIPLOMAT
8-acrossBeing urso-microcephalic, 5 shows lexicophobic tendencies : IAMABEAROFVERY
10-acrossSee 8 : BOTHERME
11-acrossSee 5 : CORNER
12-acrossCharacters sitting in sauna maturely undressed : AUNATUREL
15-acrossSoapbox that might be taken out by keeper : STUMP
17-acrossOrnament of gold going about the City : DECOR
18-acrossSweet penchant that made 5 20! : HONEYLIKE
19-acrossHut of iron is sent for : NISSEN
21-acrossTwice one becomes free – little change here : TWOPENCE
24-acrossSee 8 : LITTLEBRAINAND
25-acrossNot moving cattle in the way things are : AKINESIS
26-acrossBeing in bed topless is strange in the North : UNKED

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Sea action in which Garibaldi and son may be involved : SAILBOARDING
2-down – Issue A not quite complete, so is binding B to C? : SEMITONIC
3-down – Half-heartedly swindle peer : NOBLE
4-down – Solemn notes for an extremely unbusy time : DEADMARCH
5-down – 20ing place making poor rich : POOH
6-down – Like amnesiacs, left one out, it’s clear : OBVIOUSLY
7-down – One lying ultimately off stage : APRON
9-down – So the infernal Guardian heard about man entering claim! : TRIPLEHEADED
13-down – Take turns reallocating territory : TURKESTAN
14-down – See 8 : LONGWORDS
16-down – One standard we should be proud to raise : UNIONJACK
20-down – What moves me? It’s water under the bridge for 5 and co : STICK
22-down – A private lubrication to rub in up the wrong way : POILU
23-down – Great Olympian raising the course of the water : ZEUS

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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