The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26425 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26425 clues and answers were published on Mon 24 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26425 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossContinued with the ironing? : PRESSEDON
6-acrossHe took the hat round for not much money : CHEAP
9-acrossNear to the start of darkness : NIGHT
10-acrossMay they keep aunties in change? : ANNUITIES
11-acrossConvincing vice-consul is difficult : CONCLUSIVE
12-acrossFinish roadwork : STOP
14-acrossThe craft of the cook? : STEAMER
15-acrossSweetheart lost by doctor and poet : HOUSMAN
17-acrossAgrees when ordered to go aboard a ship : ASSENTS
19-acrossWarped, like the criminal mind : CROOKED
20-acrossSettled one into residence : PAID
22-acrossReserve player : UNDERSTUDY
25-acrossSwitch positions round the oceans, when business is slack : OFFSEASON
26-acrossConsented to give up a vice : GREED
27-acrossThey go round on wheels : TYRES
28-acrossMore than enough to fill up ten skips : PLENTIFUL

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Policeman held up in a state of terror : PANIC
2-down – Propagates fresh greens — about to finish : ENGENDERS
3-down – Community payment : SETTLEMENT
4-down – It’s no way to address a lady! : DEARSIR
5-down – 9 to 5, he goes round the old city : NINEVEH
6-down – Not a fair copy : CRIB
7-down – Priest and Old Testament poet : ELIOT
8-down – Put off, but not deterred : POSTPONED
13-down – Proverbially, it leads to madness! : OUTOFSIGHT
14-down – Puts an end to current measures in beer : STAMPSOUT
16-down – Employ recruit : MAKEUSEOF
18-down – Takes Mickey to prison? : SENDSUP
19-down – Is inclined to enter the church, subject to purification : CLEANSE
21-down – Deduce there’s no getting away from Hades : INFER
23-down – An off-peak call? : YODEL
24-down – Operators of locks and harbours, say : KEYS

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

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