The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25046 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25046 clues and answers were published on Fri 25 Jun 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25046 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossYes, European is in more than one way leaking a gallon, but it does what it says on the tin : WYSIWYG
5-acrossOne’s put out as is the victim of ambush : SETUPON
9-acrossIt causes pain when food course is delayed : ILEUS
10-acrossAirplane of note — one of the 11 seen on 26 17 : JEFFERSON
11-acrossVIPs’ private parking? : PRESIDENTS
12-acrossThe first notes of a French artist : DORE
14-acrossDo they bear the intentions of the government’s eco-press? : GREENPAPERS
18-acrossPlanet, very cold, with over half of the rich in power : PLUTOCRATIC
21-acrossIn business, I say Pacific salmon : COHO
22-acrossAre we wearing gilt attire? : GLITTERATI
25-acrossResolve to convert one of the 11 : ROOSEVELT
26-acrossA whip could make this a place where famous faces appear : MOUNT
27-acrossAnimal, always poetically grand, seen sprawling across rug : MEERKAT
28-acrossGreen city’s one of the 11 seen on 26 17 : LINCOLN

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Supple women, somewhat broad in the beam? : WHIPPY
2-down – More oblique kind of pin : SKEWER
3-down – Is now off, presumably, after crushing night out for one of the 11 seen on 26 17 : WASHINGTON
4-down – Quick steps taken up by old English soldier : GIJOE
5-down – In emergency one catches banker in movable feast : SAFETYNET
6-down – Man or woman representing Wagner opus? : THEO
7-down – Matter to brood over? I’m easily persuaded : PUSHOVER
8-down – Make love with nurses in bunk : NONSENSE
13-down – Baker buttonholed by milliner who does unpleasant work? : HATCHETMAN
15-down – In film lost climbing personnel sign up for this! : ENROLMENT
16-down – Bring muscle into play on guitar range : SPECTRUM
17-down – See 26 : RUSHMORE
19-down – It’s driven us round for a tenner, as quoted : CARUSO
20-down – Beastly young Christopher Jefferson! : KITTEN
23-down – Leader of team having a lot to do? The lot : TOTAL
24-down – Twit Micawber knew to be in hiding : BERK

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

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