The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25590 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25590 clues and answers were published on Thu 22 Mar 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25590 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossBoatman gets his first crop on the wagon : BOATSWAIN
8-acrossContent of grass crop very quietly taken inside : HAPPY
9-acrossThey get special credit for first alms distributed : FILMSTARS
10-acrossInferior crop blossoms : LOWER
12-acrossMoney makes a mockery of the law : WEALTH
13-acrossSpilt bran on back of wagon, where you might bring crops at harvest : BARNYARD
16-acrossChange of crop due to yield : PRODUCE
19-acrossCrop circles in middle of field of pigs : PORCINE
22-acrossBelow ground, crop circles are in better condition : BEETROOT
25-acrossFruit of love, dispelling anger : ORANGE
27-acrossPlug for TV’s On the Wagon : SCART
28-acrossCelestial lunar cycle they incorporated : UNEARTHLY
29-acrossFruit crop : PRUNE
30-acrossPress to give new line about bird taking in the Head of News : RETURNKEY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Some say pigs crop up to finish cake : POLICE
2-down – Came a cropper in slum: debt is a problem : STUMBLED
3-down – Change of crop : SWITCH
4-down – Shed covering mess of debris — nothing in it : DISROBE
5-down – Beetle, perhaps, or bird eats crop : JALOPY
6-down – A start at picking fruit crop up : APPEAR
11-down – So Boatman’s absorbed, reading? : ERGO
14-down – Tropical cuckoo found in Africa originally, then part of the UK : ANI
15-down – Do you report directly? : DUE
16-down – Bar removal of saint’s bone from country without royal authority : PUB
17-down – Oh, whatever they say to be in agreement! : ONE
18-down – Harvest incomplete: head of wheat taken by bird : CROW
20-down – Discussing drink, on the wagon, in Bag End : CHATTING
21-down – Pig eats its last trifle : STINKER
23-down – A lot of men take what’s left of the fruit again : ENCORE
24-down – Going up north, roughly 1,000 — a lot of people : THRONG
25-down – Dense crop — a question of where to look : OPAQUE
26-down – Bird starts to eat the crop : GULLET

This crossword has in total 32 where 14 are across and 18 are down.

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