The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22466 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22466 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Mar 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22466 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPolish figure by Italian crossing : RUBICON
5-acrossA show-off, the bounder : PRANCER
9-acrossStoker catches a quarter of the fish : BREAM
10-acrossDressed to kill, perhaps, either sex established : UNIFORMED
11-acrossLack of warmth shown by a French fan is almost icy : UNENTHUSIASTIC
13-acrossVessel heard turning in the wind : VANE
14-acrossQuiet walkway will be costlier to reconstruct : CLOISTER
17-acrossYoung creature getting comfortable : NESTLING
18-acrossFlag officer chases group of women : WILT
21-acrossLarge, thick, oboe-shaped vegetable : GLOBEARTICHOKE
23-acrossWretched diner gets into muddle: what a performance : RENDITION
24-acrossImpish fellow going into the river backwards : ELFIN
25-acrossConfer the right name : ENTITLE
26-acrossComing back, traveller in time met the Devil : TEMPTER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Dress up for York : ROBE
2-down – Obsession with buzzing in the head? : BEEINONESBONNET
3-down – Bond that puts compiler in the money : CEMENT
4-down – Swap hearts for ace and get a chewy sweet for nothing : NOUGHT
5-down – Line in nautical footwear? : PLIMSOLL
6-down – A name-dropping sentimentalist, fragrantly distinctive : AROMATIC
7-down – Chance upon an idea: be there with a little drink to introduce slender Annan : COMETOTHINKOFIT
8-down – Marxist city with gold goddess needs to change the colour scheme : REDECORATE
12-down – Graven data could be innovative : AVANTGARDE
15-down – A man upset by first one concerned with mental illness : ALIENIST
16-down – Pep up with a small measure before the soldiers come in : ENERGISE
19-down – Nothing around to catch the bird : LINNET
20-down – Indifference to whatever you may cough up? : PHLEGM
22-down – Proboscis not beginning to rise creates a knot : KNUR

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

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