The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22465 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22465 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Mar 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22465 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossSet for scan? Why? : READY
10-acrossYoko has no news about being solo : ONONESOWN
11-acrossBefore start of race, punter is richer : BETTEROFF
12-acrossGet rid of 500 yen : DITCH
13-acrossSwiss city takes in one Italian artist : BERNINI
15-acrossCrazy blunders involving knucklehead : BONKERS
17-acrossAiry-fairy? : SYLPH
18-acrossNot quite a royal family : KIN
20-acrossExemplary poser : MODEL
22-acrossTransport me with large hamper : TRAMMEL
25-acrossPaddy has so much French spirit : TANTRUM
26-acrossShoot a descendant : SCION
27-acrossColour that’s in, in inn in France : AUBERGINE
30-acrossPlastic switch needed for telephony : POLYTHENE
31-acrossA star of professional golf : ALGOL

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Lacklustre send-up of Shakespeare : DRAB
2-down – Country work that’s also part recreation : PASTORAL
3-down – Twenty pence contribution? That’s kind! : TYPE
4-down – Robert Oppenheimer’s first association with a songbird : BOBOLINK
5-down – Deceive with terrific talk : CONFAB
6-down – I am England’s new star : LEADINGMAN
7-down – German writer introducing German article about Old English : GOETHE
8-down – Advance slowly and cautiously, or steal quietly away : INCH
13-down – Prince finally among the creme de la creme. Harry? : BESET
14-down – Heartlessness and senselessness about olfactory offensiveness : INHUMANITY
16-down – Port in northern Massachusetts, beer in southern Massachusetts, initially : SALEM
19-down – Worthies revealing why schoolchildren are innumerate? : NOTABLES
21-down – Wendy’s family pets : DARLINGS
23-down – Failed to move away from home : AFIELD
24-down – Well-heeled or well-oiled? Such a question is unfair : LOADED
26-down – Silly ass holding head of pin for pinheads : SAPS
28-down – It’s 5.5 yards, going round one way : ROAD
29-down – Fish see reflection over lake : EELS

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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