The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22275 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22275 clues and answers were published on Tue 31 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22275 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossA fitting question, but said to appear exaggerated? : DOESMY
4-acrossSee 1 : BUMLOOK
9-acrossSee 1 : BIGINTHIS
10-acrossJoint gear for one overseas, we hear? : MITRE
11-acrossArsenal’s first to be taken in by red cards : TAROT
12-acrossClothing down under open? Hasty adjustment required! : PANTYHOSE
13-acrossWhy the chicken didn”t cross the road? Exhaustion : RUNDOWN
15-acrossYou have to c-charge the favourite at a fair lick? : TOFFEE
17-acrossSee 20 : ANDSON
19-acrossFrench novelist holds himself briefly in palm : CALAMUS
22-acrossSee 3 : CARBUNCLE
24-acrossSee 15 : APPLE
26-acrossAbout to attack and make good : REFIT
27-acrossWill students take it and evangelists holler it on time? : TESTAMENT
28-acrossSee 13 : BATTERY
29-acrossTo attack from the air, Biggles & Co set randomly about it : STRAFE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Bambi to hold club, one contends : DEBATER
2-down – Counter of pulses heading off for the mountain : EIGER
3-down – Clumsier conurbations not ones to be rebuilt, in describing the National Gallery extension : MONSTROUS
4-down – Something placed round a wrong helmet : BASINET
5-down – Relatively speaking, one’s kept under wraps : MUMMY
6-down – Do see to Mr Nasty’s hard skin : OSTEODERM
7-down – Uprising of revolutionary king, Napoleon’s successor in Egypt : KLEBER
8-down – Composer uses middle note, so if you need a lift… : CHOPIN
14-down – Likely lecturer retained by dunce not making money : NONPROFIT
16-down – Break down completely when Spooner calls me an old codger : FALLAPART
18-down – Attempt to reach French resort? You weren’t far off : NICETRY
19-down – VIP on board? : CHEESE
20-down – Poets on Dante’s characters: They needed Hercules to work! : STEPTOE
21-down – Vehicle lapped by another, but only one a Beetle : SCARAB
23-down – Loose women in the family goes topless : UNTIE
25-down – Mother and child of religious separatists? : PIETA

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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