The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22192 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22192 clues and answers were published on Wed 25 Apr 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22192 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCouple show reverence for a florin : TWOBOB
5-acrossVirgin gets garment for a pound : VESTAL
8-acrossFemale children move like butterflies : FLITTER
9-acrossAshes, if scattered, are proverbially plentiful : SEAFISH
11-acrossProvisions for the bar are flakes, etc : BREAKFASTCEREAL
12-acrossI shall shave now – time for the foregoing – from 7 26 : ILLS
13-acrossWalked faster, striking the plain before the onset of darkness : OUTSTEPPED
17-acrossCounty, one unknown, in unidentified language : ANGLOSAXON
18-acrossSee 12 : HAVE
20-acrossTool is not a transformer of performances : IMPLEMENTATIONS
23-acrossYoung horse pursuing negative journalist : NONAGED
24-acrossThe monkey told a porky, it goes without saying : IMPLIED
25-acrossBlanch’s success in London? : WHITEN
26-acrossSee 7 : WITHME

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – What if left, for example, at sea? I give up : WWITEFLAG
3-down – Apply : BETAKE
4-down – Lawyers and copper among would-be actors with large 9 : BARRACUDA
5-down – … is it? : VISIT
6-down – Surrey’s opening fast bowlers who 18 16? : SPACEMEN
7-down – Don’t go for a bathroom fitting on the Queen Elizabeth without the Women’s Institute : ABIDE
8-down – Car in a bit of trouble? Porky! : FABRICATION
10-down – Prince finds Roosevelt, being Democrat, with no trousers on? : HALFDRESSED
14-down – Right to compete in exhibition of myopia? : SHORTVIEW
15-down – Little of Blair, more of Tony, is in Tony Blair’s philosophy : PLATONISM
16-down – See 12 : NOWEIGHT
19-down – Refrain sung initially to floor of auditorium : STOPIT
21-down – Puppet is drunk, which is a blow : PUNCH
22-down – ‘Ere’s the police college – finally touching ? : ENDON

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

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