The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22788 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22788 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22788 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossMost domestic trouble is unobtrusive : MODEST
4-acrossLad rejected gift, which is outrageous : FLAGRANT
9-acrossUS state like a lake in Africa : NYASA
10-acrossPeers slow to reform, lacking teeth : POWERLESS
11-acrossLike asbestos, if backing censure : FIREPROOF
12-acrossWhere to eat in Germany? : ESSEN
13-acrossFutile party? : LABOURINVAIN
17-acrossInquisitor used terror to gain conversion : INTERROGATOR
20-acrossRating in bed with navigator : CABOT
21-acrossDrunken Argonauts in the pink : ANGOSTURA
23-acrossHolds back from occurrence of poor weather during vacations : RESTRAINS
24-acrossMature divinity writer : RIPEN
25-acrossBenefit swallowed by cost of a room that’s odorous : REDOLENT
26-acrossLike Teresa – chemistry isn’t the same without her : MYSTIC

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Various kinds of person entitled to a pension : MANIFOLD
2-down – Ride a bit carelessly and get a wigging : DIATRIBE
3-down – Rogue politician fell over : SCAMP
5-down – Cooking a fowl means a dubious mathematical proposition : LAWOFAVERAGES
6-down – State call includes study of cultivation : GARDENING
7-down – In game play is a form of discrimination : AGEISM
8-down – Barley drink makes girl sit up : TISANE
10-down – Anti-abortion : PROLIFERATION
14-down – Contrived murder most foul : UNNATURAL
15-down – Drab end of brass instrument : STRUMPET
16-down – Spirit of fear Magna Carta conveys : ARMAGNAC
18-down – One writing notes to scratch a living? : SCORER
19-down – Indulged in sort of bad habit : ABUSED
22-down – One’s mood voiced on premature arousal? : SURLY

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

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