The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22022 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22022 clues and answers were published on Fri 06 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22022 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossSee 11 : YOURHARE
9-acrossSee 10 : TORULE
10-acrossHe was, some said of the Skye-bound lad, a king having no trouble failing : BORN
11-acrossCaution opening game plan: author-chefs carry it out : FIRSTCATCH
12-acrossSomething fishy about this duck? Try some old port : BOMBAY
14-acrossTaking it on the chin, lodger goes out, giving us the key : PITCHING
15-acrossFool I see in Richard’s house – or Denmark’s? : YORICK
17-acrossElevation of priest into a division of the church : ASPECT
20-acrossStill beyond infinity : AFTERALL
22-acrossPublic transport without conductor : BUSBAR
23-acrossExhausted knight, holding mirror to naked duchess, might get nowhere : DRAWABLANK
24-acrossConstable positioned at this level-crossing? : FLAT
25-acrossServant paid on demand? : BEARER
26-acrossLike the Brontes? That’s so right! One’s spoken about! : SORORIAL

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – An engrossing game : MONOPOLY
2-down – Knutsford, literally where Conservative ran for the money in Harrods : CRAN
3-down – When fellow leaves for Spain, barely drunk : BARFLY
4-down – Proclaims, but doesn’t begin to intrude in, standing orders : STATUTES
5-down – Hush! It’s Newman’s Gone With the Wind : BREATHLESS
6-down – No veal raised in this small container : FLACON
8-down – Community work in the French department : EUROPE
13-down – Cutting communication between landowners and ramblers? : BARBEDWIRE
16-down – Po-faced lexicography here? : CHAMBERS
18-down – The direction of Westerns : THATAWAY
19-down – A two-master turning south invariably : ALWAYS
21-down – False bread maker … : FORGER
22-down – … one could prove it here : BAKERY
24-down – See 2 and 24 across : FORD

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

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