The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22818 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22818 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Apr 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22818 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPress maintains conductor of weapons inspections unfinished, then be damned : PUBLISH
5-acrossSilent revolutionary ruler installed on a colony : BERMUDA
9-acrossFor the present time, commendation on certificate’s inscribed : NONCE
10-acrossFrench name welcomes Pole at end of three months – one’s unprivileged : NONMEMBER
11-acrossAnimal coat tailored according to its physique? : ANATOMICAL
12-acrossIndian state supreme, if ancient European region declared by Spooner? : WEST
14-acrossHailing English, or hailing a Pole, not English, perhaps : ANGLOPHILIA
18-acrossObject to having to wait inside entertaining student – brilliant! : RESPLENDENT
21-acrossIndian state stated to find nymphomaniac : GOER
22-acrossEncouragement to child having tripped, given soda: so I pay, foolishly : OOPSADAISY
25-acrossStandard tipple squandered, one put in neat rum : TABLEWINE
26-acrossBelligerent acts from German leader invading a nether region not popular : AGGRO
27-acrossWanting more colour, heading off, about … about to fade : NEEDIER
28-acrossLet down by rising a semitone twice? : DEFLATE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Indian state provides double entendre with poke : PUNJAB
2-down – See 12 : BENGAL
3-down – Relentless smashing of Alex O”Brien : INEXORABLE
4-down – Indian may speak in this party without limits : HINDI
5-down – Indian city’s report to US politician not good : BANGALORE
6-down – Stagger to the dance : REEL
7-down – Something ungrammatically spoken between oneself and the heavens? : UMBRELLA
8-down – Indian city causing mix up in West Country river, but not the capital : AMRITSAR
13-down – Happy, perhaps, under his friend’s last name, the star : WHITEDWARF
15-down – Punter, old knackered one, invested in knackered horse, perhaps? : GONDOLIER
16-down – Report to clear up resort : BRIGHTON
17-down – Accomplished botch held up, then put together : ASSEMBLE
19-down – Indian city under the last George and the other assistant : VIAGRA
20-down – Indian city wherefrom setter’s got a rash : MYSORE
23-down – Career sees children pocketing penny : SPEED
24-down – Indian city formerly said to provide food : DELI

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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