The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22633 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22633 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22633 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossA miss from August and, with time, a miss from Will : JULIET
4-acrossNotables then, not-ables now? : HASBEENS
9-acrossR loves me whole-heartedly! : ROMEO
10-acrossCast aggressively before fish in fine feathers : FLINGDOWN
11-acrossDethrone and sit on one dangerously : DISANOINT
12-acrossAccommodation with hot water in Yorkshire : HOUSE
13-acrossUnravelling a logic, denser as compressed would you say? : CLOSEGRAINED
17-acrossSubtle St Michael, the Destroyer : THEALCHEMIST
20-acrossBad odour has the prince leaving the platform : ODIUM
21-acrossForms of public transport by the Tiber, say : RHOMBUSES
23-acrossCertain an assortment is sent? : INATRANCE
24-acrossEnergy backing the last word in irrigation : ENEMA
25-acrossThey are hot and cold around the Southwark and Lambeth area : CHILLIES
26-acrossTakes trouble with daughter? Cousins did! : SKATED

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – One or the other litigated in 22 12 to preserve North Aberdeen airport : JARNDYCE
2-down – Blair ignoring Tyneside to hold service in Cyprus : LIMASSOL
3-down – Remove old oil refinery in some measure : ELOIN
5-down – America’s epistolist with a satiric look East, perhaps : ALISTAIRCOOKE
6-down – One assuming the lead in The Mousetrap? : BIGCHEESE
7-down – Book the return passage : EXODUS
8-down – Donne’s topped in a way by something of Petrarch’s : SONNET
10-down – Part of 9 and 1 across ravaging ie rural France : FRIARLAURENCE
14-down – Fugitive with a record : EPHEMERAL
15-down – Wasted time after she didn’t marry the writer : MISSPENT
16-down – How oral evidence is presented, apparently : ITISSAID
18-down – Old Ford’s highly placed houses : ZODIAC
19-down – Caribbean characters promoted in surrealist’s festival : DIWALI
22-down – Barren black betrayal : BLEAK

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

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