The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26362 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26362 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Sep 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26362 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossShort pronouncement welcomed by second doctor : MEDICO
4-acrossStory going either way : AGASAGA
9-acrossTwo queens push out old character with extraordinary powers : SUPERHERO
10-acrossBlade that can swivel : ROTOR
11-acrossTaxman goes after bird : TITHE
12-acrossGravy label inaccurate by a small margin : JUSTABOUT
13-acrossMake rigid wood that’s switched into pliable type : PETRIFY
15-acrossGod almost frames the Church for fraud : DECEIT
17-acrossMale kidnapping terrorist leader, an assassin : HITMAN
19-acrossCook strangling duck, a thug : GORILLA
22-acrossOne plans a ring with new earrings : ORGANISER
24-acrossSlow mover’s eighth position? : SLOTH
26-acrossRich cake’s wrong cake, ultimately : TORTE
27-acrossDoes one produce funny goods with rare wit? : GAGWRITER
28-acrossHumility the way with beastly home : MODESTY
29-acrossFigure covered in paint went yellow : TWENTY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Error sees girl on the favourite upended : MISSTEP
2-down – Warehouse has to come off drugs? : DEPOT
3-down – Little money invested in Medicare, unfortunately, so live for today! : CARPEDIEM
4-down – Excited, finding milk in a bar : AROUSED
5-down – Extract from Kafka or Tallis that comes straight from the heart : AORTA
6-down – A harlot, I suspect, stealing Waugh’s heart as a novelist? : AUTHORIAL
7-down – Pass gas through all extra lids with speed : AERATE
8-down – River bird hit player : DEEJAY
14-down – Collecting boatyard worker, Sailor Heath set off : TRIGGERED
16-down – Port’s sailors, one accessing vessel? : CORKSCREW
18-down – Spooner’s horse does this for a bunch of flowers : NOSEGAY
19-down – Attachment to the house music genre : GARAGE
20-down – In which butts mishplaced? : ASHTRAY
21-down – A cheeky Shakespearean role? : BOTTOM
23-down – Scottish vegetables observed being uprooted, including a pea, we hear : NEEPS
25-down – Perhaps daily newspaper to cut one out : OFTEN

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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