The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22628 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22628 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22628 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossModel sermon could be a fearsome thing : MONSTER
5-acrossFirm’s custom is to have a single partner : COHABIT
9-acrossType we need information about : GENRE
10-acrossOne’s words may lead to action : SLANDERER
11-acrossQueue at frontier – luggage may be near the limit : BORDERLINECASE
13-acrossDemonstration by Consignia? … : EXPO
14-across… Tarry – stuff could be in the post : CREOSOTE
17-acrossThey may have you covered, but certainly won’t initiate fire : INSURERS
18-acrossSchool education first to be given weight : ETON
21-acrossWith abstruse reading, impress the highest in Oxford : DREAMINGSPIRES
23-acrossConstant withdrawal from capital turning City into stimulating reaction : CATALYTIC
24-acrossPaper peculatio : THEFT
25-acrossA sin soldiers left behind as part of cleansing : LUSTRAL
26-acrossConfused model with a right to a peerage : EARLDOM

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Beaks begin as conveyers of offerings : MAGI
2-down – Components Simon mislaid, lacking responsibility : NONCOMPOSMENTIS
3-down – Die in attempt to get with it : TRENDY
4-down – Girl turns up in right place for vacation : RESORT
5-down – Ravel : CLAVIERS
6-down – Hard boundary, hard to go over – it’s prickly : HEDGEHOG
7-down – Hear about fiddle playing for a funeral : BURIALOFTHEDEAD
8-down – Erstwhile bit of an opera : THREEPENNY
12-down – Time, perhaps, for police raid : PERIODICAL
15-down – One discontented king outdoing Uriah? : GRUMBLER
16-down – Time for parental preparation? : PRENATAL
19-down – I forgot to say, youth club leaders may explode, so mind! : PSYCHE
20-down – A flyer cut short by drink : BITTER
22-down – Half the alphabet is minute : ATOM

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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