The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21752 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21752 clues and answers were published on Thu 25 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21752 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSee 10 : WEATHER
5-acrossWhere fighter pilot is to die, holding back old lawyer : COCKPIT
10-across,1,12 9 : FAIR
11-acrossSavoury for the dinner Elisha blessed : RELISHABLE
12-acrossSee 10 : FRIEND
13-acrossLike Lady 15, a senior civil servant : MANDARIN
14-acrossExtraction possibly due to Bond? : EDUCEMENT
16-acrossSaint 9 : BELLS
17-acrossThe baby is a girl : ISSUE
19-acrossSpike swallowing wrath, like Lady 15 : TANGERINE
23-acrossKeep cannabis in the kitchen? : STOCKPOT
24-acrossAssert a member to be in liquor : ALLEGE
26-acrossMentally without help – it’s about making one generous : MUNIFICENT
27-across,22 A tide at sea may help to give time : MAIN
28-acrossDrawing of a man holding a Unionist prisoner : HAULAGE
29-acrossNothing extends from Lady 15’s big brothers : ORANGES

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Heath’s Australian cousin writing a letter that’s brief and pungent : EPACRID
3-down – Here and there, maybe : THREE
4-down – Make me a lord assigned to 9 but not 15 : EARLDOM
6-down – A greater lord in a play, with other ranks in the circle : ORSINO
7-down – Decisive blow to a party audience native to Australia : KOALABEAR
8-down – I shall make bequests with malice : ILLWILL
9-down – Prime Minister and a hundred people gossip in shelter … : CLEMENTATTLEE
15-down – … one before and after finding Christians unhealthy : CHURCHILL
18-down – Like Lady 15, came off the wheel in Japan : SATSUMA
20-down – Roof beam on top of gable needs hard worker : GRAFTER
21-down – Recovered from the Nile, egg without proper covering? : NEGLIGE
22-down – See 27 : SPRING
25-down – The sole possible answer and it’s no good : LEMON

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

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