The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25396 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25396 clues and answers were published on Tue 09 Aug 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25396 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSpeak loudly about ship’s old club : BRASSY
4-acrossStrike-breaker promises to supply plant : SCABIOUS
9-acrossCountry producing whiskey and other alcoholic drinks : WALES
10-acrossToiletry can harm Ed badly : HANDCREAM
11-acrossPenny has licence to provide bromide : PLATITUDE
12-acrossScavenger has a bit of a laugh about money : HYENA
13-acrossBrilliant being of royal Peruvian lineage : INCANDESCENT
17-acrossSick during plane trip at dusk : FAILINGLIGHT
20-acrossPractise making cloth : DRILL
21-acrossDistress a soldier getting French comedian working : AGITATION
23-acrossOdd Frenchman interrupts pop musician playing the guitar : STRUMMING
24-acrossExercise skill when returning to old city : PETRA
25-acrossFire survivor is resting, having gone crazy : ABEDNEGO
26-acrossRed-faced girl’s relieved : FLORID

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Leading rower trips awkwardly on vessel’s prow : BOWSPRIT
2-down – Empty-headed flirt­ation leads to marriage : ALLIANCE
3-down – Foreign food to some extent gives us hiccups : SUSHI
5-down – Snooty prisoner’s going down : CONDESCENDING
6-down – Cold tea consumed by trite reveller : BACCHANAL
7-down – Started to write in dictionary : OPENED
8-down – Islander initially shot a grouse : SAMOAN
10-down – Glue one’s china broken in domestic chores : HOUSECLEANING
14-down – Many learn wrongly he never quite made it : NEARLYMAN
15-down – Sparkling silver bits discarded : AGLITTER
16-down – Specification for booth on a street : STANDARD
18-down – Doctor doses American in Ukraine : ODESSA
19-down – Rabbi fills report of puncture : PIERCE
22-down – Horrify a European when climbing : APPAL

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

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