The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28058 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28058 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Feb 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28058 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossBoat on page in blue artist’s notebook : SKETCHPAD
6-acrossSticky stuff for catching birds in tree : LIME
8-acrossProcessed meat from old sheep given to setter : PASTRAMI
9-acrossSlave travelling round island with small bag : VALISE
10-acrossThreat posed by fellow expert : MENACE
11-acrossSoprano in Italian city runs over artist : PISSARRO
12-acrossCorrect relative inhaling cannabis : SPOTON
15-acrossAncient language in church : CHALDEAN
16-acrossContainer broken by mad macho driver : COACHMAN
19-acrossAll one’s possessions stored in highest ateliers : ESTATE
21-acrossTrees covering space by northern English hills : PENNINES
22-acrossNasty relative listened to row : MALIGN
24-acrossClever head of Apple taking on Doctor of New Technology : ADROIT
25-acrossGet rid of judge with jumbled notes about it returned : JETTISON
26-acrossPiano tuner’s first to leave punctually for concert : PROM
27-acrossWriter holding Underground up for one making her first appearance : DEBUTANTE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Comment unfavourably on part of roof : SLATE
2-down – Remove actor in crowd scene to join depleted cast : EXTRACT
3-down – Pursue legal proceedings involving hospital : CHASE
4-down – Couple standing in picture con­cerned with male sexuality : PRIAPIC
5-down – Prospective partner harbouring grudge, ultimately leading to huge waste : DEVASTATE
6-down – Everyone held back by master, a 14th-century reformer : LOLLARD
7-down – Villain’s crimes upset social worker : MISCREANT
13-down – Food for trader : PROVENDER
14-down – Unusual net domain chosen : NOMINATED
17-down – Fit in with conservative class : CONFORM
18-down – Doctor Jones meeting old boy in surgery : NOSEJOB
20-down – City with great watering hole : TALLINN
22-down – Second tenor given central part of sketch in short piece of music : MOTET
23-down – Fellow leaving tree in swamp for wood : GROVE

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

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