The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27869 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27869 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Jul 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27869 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossOne’s married after church amid revolutionary swagger : MACHISMO
9-acrossEast African, or people from the Six Counties? : NILOT
10-acrossSome Rwandans are in Shed 21 : HUTU
11-acrossFair level: passed : EVENHANDED
12-acrossPacked bus finally pulled away : STOWED
14-across11 in a file : ONEBYONE
16-acrossPersonnel including family groupings back in the Renaissance : REBIRTH
18-acrossNot staged for an audience, so remaining calm : UNFAZED
21-acrossIn front of family circle, uncle’s last to trespass : INFRINGE
23-acrossOne who nudges people as she runs past? : JOGGER
24-acrossContemptible people’s cruel quips are stopping points : PIPSQUEAKS
26-acrossWhat’s in this grid that may be your guide? : ATOZ
27-acrossThey manage clubs through refundable costs : EXECS
28-acrossNot familiar with tunes, duo bombed : UNUSEDTO

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – In bad temper, visitor denied small piece of bread : BAGUETTE
2-down – 500 of you? : THOU
3-down – Heard donkey tail is to be raised : ASCEND
4-down – Voted to change round company in tiny house : DOVECOT
5-down – Cross first part of fantastic city : ANKH
6-down – Tree repeatedly named in baby language : YLANGYLANG
7-down – Tossed around odd bits of turf in all directions : STREWN
13-down – Hospitality workers with fine hair : WAITRESSES
15-down – A long time, but Christmas is almost over : EON
17-down – VAT not applied initially on large fish : TUN
19-down – One ahead, I say! Press horn hard : EYETOOTH
20-down – Winger uses gap cleverly : PEGASUS
22-down – Caught in outrageous denial : NAILED
23-down – Banter to lift a high-class fighter : JOSHUA
25-down – From the first, usually recog­nisable stars, actually major or minor : URSA
26-down – Cut line in manoeuvre on ice : AXEL

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

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