The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26158 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26158 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Jan 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26158 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossUpset about wine, it gets sent back in place of posh nosh : GASTROPUB
6-acrossReportedly filthy bird : FOWL
8-acrossLofty range of latest shifts : FALSETTO
9-acrossCensorship? : CUTTER
10-acrossSomething, nothing less — not yet, I suspect : ENTITY
11-acrossDesperate when out of bounds to secure birdie, ultimately : HOPELESS
12-acrossArcher committing perjury, still held in secure place — or not? : FLYING
15-acrossPlay written around current book showing youth in the ’50s : TEDDYBOY
16-acrossSee 12 : BUTTRESS
19-acrossOne designed to climb — or run : LADDER
21-acrossCovered with woven material, wigged : CARPETED
22-acrossNevadan died in Montana, dog buried there : DANDIE
24-acrossCountry reflected in outskirts of Brasilia, South American capital : BOGOTA
25-acrossRank expert back in the pink : CORPORAL
26-acrossColour yellow primarily recorded on film? : CYAN
27-acrossSeriously old walls in home : EARNESTLY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – One getting into mature woman a little bit : GRAIN
2-down – Tree-hugging monkey missing an Eastern dish : SASHIMI
3-down – Cross road, avoiding the Tibetan yak heads : RATTY
4-down – Seer gains by speaking aloud : PROPHET
5-down – Revel? : BACKPEDAL
6-down – Very great friend so wounded for the last time? : FATALLY
7-down – Something for sharpening false teeth, shown leaving hospital : WHETSTONE
13-down – Praising old racing driver, politician : LAUDATORY
14-down – Dog in stormy tea garden : GREATDANE
17-down – Tea garden’s last storm : TYPHOON
18-down – Model secured for lothario : SEDUCER
20-down – See 22 across : DINMONT
22-down – Ultimately, rude crossword turned this air blue? : DIRGE
23-down – Nation, I reckon, disheartened : ITALY

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

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