The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25223 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25223 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Jan 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25223 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossGenuine blunder, backing into young animal : FORREAL
8-acrossBreakfast possibly left in hat : BLOATER
9-acrossCook rare, coreless vegetable : OKRA
10-acrossPics snapped in English stone church may be so described : EPISCOPAL
12-acrossCharacter repeated without correction, of which 1 is a type : MUSIC
13-acrossDished out in pilot seminar : TUTORIAL
15-acrossPotty tipped over 1 : STUN
16-acrossArmy store reported : HORDE
17-acrossNight light’s low neutral green initially, then blue : MOON
18-acrossBook on fashionably OK city made into novel by 1 : BRIGHTON
20-acrossBroadcasting but not round 1 : SWING
21-acrossLofty rejected Regina, at the point of marriage, for 1 : GIBRALTAR
22-acrossLay off the dress! : SACK
24-across1’s comparatively cheeky broadcast : BOULDER
25-acrossSmall car with sloping angle gains nothing performing over track : KARAOKE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Sticky sweet : ROCK
2-down – Moving towards new, famously slow assistant : DRWATSON
3-down – Masculine person briefly in charge of a type of acid : MALEIC
4-down – Miss Truss after bishop’s evening wear : BLACKTIE
5-down – Jack in accordance with 1 : JASPER
6-down – Lewdly look up 1? : REEL
11-down – Come together to bury King Wally : INTERKNIT
12-down – Make fast circles round tunnel’s entrance — move quickly! : MOTOR
14-down – Surrounded by a dwarf endlessly somersaulting : AMONG
16-down – In which punishment is likely : HOTWATER
17-down – Public power supply by river 1 : MAINSTAY
19-down – Scoff and spit over English pound : GOBBLE
20-down – Antenna, one turning to south in instalments : SERIAL
21-down – See 17 across : GLOW
23-down – Brownie, say, might follow 1 : CAKE

This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.

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