The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25901 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25901 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 Mar 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25901 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossReassess each asset, perhaps, depending on circumstances : ASTHECASEMAYBE
9-acrossYou reportedly squeezed into old trousers with retrograde look, as any homemaker should : HOUSEKEEP
10-acrossBit of a lout, Donald Trump : OUTDO
11-acrossLush plant once again turning westward : TOPER
12-acrossDecorator working in part of Paris : TROCADERO
13-acrossCelebs ill-equipped for dinner parties : NOTABLES
14-acrossCIA’s involved in government department omnishambles : FIASCO
17-acrossPro rugby player : HOOKER
19-acrossLook of annoyance about team going over current failure : POWERCUT
22-acrossDog’s back in English novelist’s strip of greenery : DEFOLIATE
24-acrossLeg shown by model, a sitter : TAPIN
25-acrossWhat Beatrix of the Netherlands used to do in the shower, according to rumour : REIGN
26-acrossRail service repaired car with crack on the outside : CORNCRAKE
27-acrossVamp explored love in bed — not really fair! : PEROXIDEBLONDE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Guess nocturnal spirits may be involved : ASHOTINTHEDARK
2-down – Topless 17 gives you the horn : TRUMPET
3-down – Vile manager oppressing masses half-heartedly : EXECRABLE
4-down – How one may sail, we hear, at rocks : AWEATHER
5-down – Setter’s come up with trick to use : EMPLOY
6-down – Market oven guards alternatively : AGORA
7-down – Partners first run going concerns : BOTHERS
8-down – See criminal offer to enter one dodgy plea : NOLOCONTENDERE
15-down – Like Iceland? It’s gone bust : IDENTICAL
16-down – Happen to find space traveller on French street : COMETRUE
18-down – Rank arrogance that’s unacceptably forward : OFFSIDE
20-down – Killer’s boxing clever, officer’s found : CAPTAIN
21-down – Asian said to get energy from this exercise? : TAICHI
23-down – Fast, with zip? Au contraire! : LENTO

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

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