The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22380 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22380 clues and answers were published on Fri 30 Nov 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22380 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossBoil for two months : DECOCT
4-acrossGot a huge C for Clumsy : GAUCHE
9-acrossSee 25 : ISLE
10-acrossKept up, so it’s claimed : MAINTAINED
11-acrossShakespearean court with detectives about : BARDIC
12-acrossSix points ahead, Herb – fancy! : ENVISAGE
13-acrossObnoxious creatures primed with lubricant turning bright scarlet : VERMILION
15-acrossHeard to deserve the bird : ERNE
16-acrossHint to learner: get in prompt : CLUE
17-acrossBig toe cracked turning hot tap! Get the bone doctor : OSTEOPATH
21-acrossA vessel in choice metal : PLATINUM
22-acrossUnfixed one part of the street parade : AFLOAT
24-acrossOccasion on which a student is working : FUNCTIONAL
25-acrossMan to man in Cumbria : CARL
26-acrossBring about the demise, say, of Santa Claus : SLEIGH
27-acrossFilthy place to keep fish cold : STEELY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Peculiar seaside complaint : DISEASE
2-down – The Amerindian God is to be believed : CREED
3-down – Joker gets most of the drink; that’s funny : COMICAL
5-down – Stirring kind of voice : ACTIVE
6-down – Part of helmet found by child in street and even put back : CHINSTRAP
7-down – Centrepiece Peregrine ordered, but not the right one : EPERGNE
8-down – Eating hours starting to be considered uneconomic : TIMECONSUMING
14-down – Imperative to include ring, a revolutionary facial adornment : MOUSTACHE
16-down – Flag of a military man we lay claim to : COLOURS
18-down – Man in kind of shirt turned up with old shoulder badge : EPAULET
19-down – A treaty distributed by carrier : TEATRAY
20-down – Not quite over being wound up : ENDING
23-down – Hercules? He’s off to raise the dough : LUCRE

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

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