The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26673 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26673 clues and answers were published on Thu 10 Sep 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26673 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossA kitty making love in an apartment on a waterbed? : AFLOAT
4-acrossFinally, hospital patient was under treatment for itchy feet : WANDER
9-acrossUS and England lay in ruins in days of yore : AULD
10-acrossSecond liaison featuring, at last, one cheap thrill : TICKLEPINK
11-acrossA meeting place in the street : AVENUE
12-acrossOne virtually geocryptic : ALTEREGO
13-acrossFahrenheit zero perhaps completed what the Earth did in the Ice Age : FROZEOVER
15-acrossSee 4 : LUST
16-acrossSee 24 : BAIL
17-acrossWealth is a barrier restricting disease : AFFLUENCE
21-acrossSee 9 : LANGSYNE
22-acrossSubstitute ending for the Four Seasons: a last waltz : ERSATZ
24-acrossOn debit, a little freedom? : ENTITLEDTO
25-acrossHands back in exchange : SWAP
26-acrossA bit of slapstick? It’s cheap and vulgar : KITSCH
27-acrossOne night in Paris with skinhead northerners : INUITS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Shaking some projectiles : AQUIVER
2-down – Charged terrorist after watching bingo : LADEN
3-down – Design and build trade with firm following : ARTDECO
5-down – Hairlines with centre parting recede and wear away : ABLATE
6-down – Going to put reader off : DEPARTURE
7-down – Phone with bum coin : RINGGIT
8-down – Reaction to striker’s own goal from such a defender : SCHADENFREUDE
14-down – Perspective relating to age and size? Get it fixed : ZEITGEIST
16-down – Nonconformist defeated Clegg in speech : BEATNIK
18-down – What might Lady Hillingdon do before considering her country’s one wild shot? : LIEDOWN
19-down – Injured girl’s arm : CUTLASS
20-down – Democracy cliches keep coming round : CYCLIC
23-down – 50% off suit and shirts, of course : SUSHI

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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