The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21881 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21881 clues and answers were published on Tue 25 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21881 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPlace for delivery at Gettysburg : ADDRESS
5-acrossIt could be used for assault and battery : CHARGER
9-acrossDressed in stole when bishop was away : ROBED
10-acrossIt covered the lines at Waterloo : REARGUARD
11-acrossConsequence of running at the farm : AFTERMATH
12-acrossWide part of an extractor fan : EXTRA
13-acrossIt is given by the dismissive crook : ELBOW
15-acrossLessons learned when wrongly cautioned : EDUCATION
18-acrossWhere to buy drink in mid-Wales : ALEHOUSES
19-acrossKind of fruit plucked from a tree : EATER
21-acrossMake contact by radio : RAISE
23-acrossHarmony on 10-note instrument : ACCORDION
25-acrossNo boozer, when drunk, eats in bar : ABSTAINER
26-acrossAngry leader left one singing in Penzance : IRATE
27-acrossForce an entry into industrial plant : TANNERY
28-acrossAustralia’s military archaeologists! : DIGGERS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Poet left short of gold : AUREATE
2-down – Contentious Abe tabled amendment : DEBATABLE
3-down – Church officer : ELDER
4-down – They are quick to show themselves at sporting occasions : STREAKERS
5-down – Coarse material from chromium residue : CRASH
6-down – It sounds like some stuff for the concrete mixer : AGGREGATE
7-down – Give Ulysses his first name : GRANT
8-down – Meandering River Darwen given a new profile : REDRAWN
14-down – Massive depression in suffering Wales : WHOLESALE
16-down – Ecus under negotiation with no strings attached : UNSECURED
17-down – Entangled? Bundle it in crate! : INTRICATE
18-down – Be a star performing in the picture : ABREAST
20-down – The field once found at Bow Street? : RUNNERS
22-down – Playwright is Ben in disguise : IBSEN
23-down – Judge disowned jaunty relative : AUNTY
24-down – Regretting batting in toupee : RUING

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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