The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26815 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26815 clues and answers were published on Wed 24 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26815 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossInside a kind of beach hotel, in shy and quiet Murray, a drink : SHANDY
4-acrossOld timer : SECOND
9-acrossExceptional person in a short skirt to ravish when stripped : RARA
10-acrossBimbo extremely lewd, perhaps come up and use a figleaf : BOWDLERISE
11-acrossPuzzle from the south of France all right, you said : SUDOKU
12-acrossType of roast beef foul, not half nasty : SPITEFUL
13-acrossPhoneboxes endlessly vandalised? I blame immigrants : XENOPHOBE
15-acrossSee 9 : AVIS
16-acrossCompiler the woman would dump in the outhouse : SHED
17-acrossStarts to stir up serious trouble out of a success story? That’s helpful! : ACCESSORY
21-acrossTo accumulate win, snob needs the lot : SNOWBALL
22-acrossPartly explains it, untouched and unmoved : INSITU
24-acrossPresence of an entry in Cinderella’s timetable? : ATTENDANCE
25-acrossSee 4 : HAND
26-acrossIt’s right, in love, to get protection : ARMOUR
27-acrossSteady start to trade in fur stalls : STABLE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Figure includes Newton’s fourth law : STATUTE
2-down – Siege with intent to produce lamentation : ALAMO
3-down – Debate such set-up ignored is corrupt : DEBAUCH
5-down – Jenny’s cake : ECLAIR
6-down – Kinky lovers use the Guardian — emphatically so : OURSELVES
7-down – Talk about events? : DISCUSS
8-down – Clean male, captivated by weapon, becomes adventurous : SWASHBUCKLING
14-down – Finished warhead steering into swamp : OVERWHELM
16-down – Songs in a traditional setting for him : SINATRA
18-down – Plain instinct to enter contest : EVIDENT
19-down – Following up in reproductive unit: erythematous uterine disorder : RETINUE
20-down – Light gold carriage : LANDAU
23-down – Sir, as he is British originally : SAHIB

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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