The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22567 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22567 clues and answers were published on Tue 09 Jul 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22567 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossOne with a peculiar attachment – perhaps she fits it : FETISHIST
6-acrossRepresentation of one small party : ICON
10-acrossSoul reflected in a bird : ANIMA
11-acrossDomestic mouse had one shattered : HOUSEMAID
12-acrossWhat play school is for? : SCANDAL
13-acrossA nice version – New Testament and Old : ANCIENT
14-acrossDinner, tea – time is variable : INDETERMINATE
17-acrossReduced need for reform after warning to Clare : FORESHORTENED
21-acrossPiece of bread – fellow almost consumed one : CHAPATI
22-acrossCats lie in order to be able to spring : ELASTIC
24-acrossLike Mr Plod – ignorant, lacking direction : UNIFORMED
25-acrossPejorative term for a foreigner – maybe a Turk : KRAUT
26-across2/3 of one in the Middle East and half elsewhere : SEMI
27-acrossReel drunkenly in game lacking spirit : CHEERLESS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Hood’s place once in Iris’s joint? : FLAGSHIP
2-down – Animal heard in Russian forest : TAIGA
3-down – One thinks on the hoof – that seems obvious : STANDSTOREASON
4-down – Trendy, healthier kind of smoker? : INHALER
5-down – Wave fashionable in Matins service : TSUNAMI
7-down – Unusually clean home makes a colourful change : CHAMELEON
8-down – Fresh air, they say, and this should expose you to it : NUDITY
9-down – Take dodgy tenner back and harm his trade : MERCHANTBANKER
15-down – Lack of hope for achievement through religion? : DEFEATISM
16-down – Trains to understand about absorbing common currency long ago : EDUCATES
18-down – Such an effect is seen in house starting to collapse : SEISMIC
19-down – Finished, owing to being late : OVERDUE
20-down – They should be prepared – to cuss? : SCOUTS
23-down – It’s a traditional English pursuit : TRADE

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

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