The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22184 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22184 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Apr 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22184 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossConfines a lot with a little : AMBIT
4-acrossNear-brown tan cow : BROWBEAT
8-across : THEFULLENGLISH
10-acrossSo thin he’ll rip : RAKEHELL
11-acrossSome part in A Doll’s House backed some part in Peer Gynt : ANITRA
12-acrossWith a tongue of silver or gold in a tailspin : ORATORIAL
15-acrossPrimitive ode compiled to nettle-rash : UREDO
17-acrossName a chess champion from around Pietermaritzburg : NATAL
18-acrossPut out rings when backing a horse : APPALOOSA
19-acrossToothsome cloisonn* : ENAMEL
21-acrossNothing I don’t do for treatment of teeth : ODONTOID
24-acrossWhat one’s good cause seeks? Try gelt found in distribution : LOTTERYFUNDING
25-acrossUnpolished silver on staff detail : AGRESTIC
26-acrossPaul’s pen-pal getting his oats, say? : TITUS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – PMT, say? This might ease the pangs : AFTERNOONTEA
2-down – See 8 : BREAKFAST
3-down – Grecian urn’s beauty : TRUTH
4-down – One backing the Russian folk : BALALAIKA
5-down – Flower of Normandy or Northumberland : ORNE
6-down – Fluent in double-talk? : BILINGUAL
7-down – A fool and : ASSET
9-down – Foundation of 8 2 dresses Conan Doyle initially, say, in trousers : BACONANDEGGS
13-down – Shell user crawling to lubricate a VW : OILBEETLE
14-down – If placid, one perhaps could be turned to stone : LAPIDIFIC
16-down – One who goes into money possibly comes into it! : ECONOMIST
20-down – Together with a name in the register : ALONG
22-down – Music from the Muses? : NONET
23-down – Revolutionary from the wrong uprising : TROT

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

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