The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22994 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22994 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Nov 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22994 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossTricky activity, where good taste and Labour, perhaps, slip back : BOOBYTRAPPING
10-acrossPromising truth about why people prefer London? : ITSGRIM
11-acrossSee 10 : UPNORTH
12-acrossSee 25 : THINK
13-acrossPut an end to wine, Italian for starters : ANTIPASTI
14-acrossMany papers are, sort of, paper : REAMS
16-acrossOne in wig finding way through wall : BARRISTER
18-acrossAncient vegetarian I fitted into a truss, awkwardly : STEGOSAUR
19-acrossDive off small island : SCUBA
20-acrossHeartless wildebeest about to eat fish in fishy feature : UNFEELING
23-acrossEarly Briton carrying round loops : PICOT
24-acrossConcede song not plagiarised? : LIEDOWN
25-acrossPaul eschews intellectualism – what could be worse? : IHATETO
26-acrossWeaving? Here? This is most essential : THEBOTTOMLINE

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Mule is turning into beast : OBSTINATE
3-down – Setter’s comment about a former Israeli PM : BARAK
4-down – Sound of fiddle in Florida : TAMPA
5-down – Man United playing away from home? : ADULTERER
6-down – Metal suits vessel, then nothing works : PANOPLIES
7-down – English track among Poles, this Welsh name : NERYS
8-down – Equips with cruelty in a slovenly manner, or a charming one : PICTURESQUELY
9-down – One set off after another with revolutionary, or the Incas : CHAINREACTION
15-down – Uprising hordes obscuring donkey, black, obscuring device : SMOKEBOMB
16-down – One’s bananas yelling in yellow? One must be cracked! : BRAZILNUT
17-down – Club managed by county’s opener in the cricket side : TRUNCHEON
21-down – Blooming cheeky! : FRESH
22-down – One instrument or another? No thanks love : GUIRO
23-down – Harbour something of value? : PEARL

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

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