The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26022 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26022 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Aug 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26022 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossGoing cool, feeling topless : INMOTION
9-acrossOverheated dancer’s first to grab one : FRIED
10-acrossSee 23 : UPON
11-acrossWeb fraud? Excludes taking in society, as exemplified by 12 9 17 and 2 15 26 down 22 : ECONOMISTS
12-acrossFish roe covering vital US politician backing town : MILTON
14-acrossDodgems distributed round third of fair — not for ordinary folk : DEMIGODS
16-acrossTemperature taken by measurement with voided mercury ruler : PTOLEMY
18-acrossSally, with everything out — loose wear, produces a heartbeat moment : SYSTOLE
21-acrossKiss ground, holding breath, as sporty types are into? : SKIPANTS
23-acrossNeed the help of upended wild horse with no tail : DEPEND
24-acrossInstrument of geometry replaced in short time : HYGROMETER
26-acrossWar artist’s Nuclear Residue : NASH
27-acrossBe an editor, tremendously content! : EMEND
28-acrossOld rogue, sanctimonious one, coming in to sing a love ballad? : PICAROON

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Preferred sort of countryside spin, out touring round lake : UNSPOILT
2-down – 12’s first sex client : JOHN
3-down – Carrier to stick around old George? : PIGEON
4-down – Made to reduce one’s workload : INROADS
5-down – Continental-style leaf-roof houses : AFRO
6-down – Sufficient income to get by, one set about being a raver : LIVINGITUP
7-down – Cut out new diet eaten by much reduced chap : EDITED
13-down – Filled with petrol, revved, drove off and got there in no time : TELEPORTED
15-down – Upside-down tuber’s blossom : MAY
17-down – Unnatural as an oversexed female with electronic bottom : MAN
19-down – Which is unlikely means of capturing a crowd scene on film? : LONGSHOT
20-down – An elemental form of pies — too flaky : ISOTOPE
22-down – See 12 : KEYNES
23-down – Frank’s awful, heartless, malign woman : DIRECT
25-down – See 17 : MADE
26-down – Sort of balm used in lunar descent : NARD

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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