The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21674 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21674 clues and answers were published on Thu 26 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21674 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossRum-running mastermind? : MOVINGSPIRIT
8-acrossWho in French film gets Guardian employees discharge from office? : QUIETUS
9-acrossOne charges single PC, losing business : IMPUTER
11-acrossOne can’t detect hum with this and ends on one’s back : ANOSMIA
12-acrossAdjust to conditions, as must the batsman Polyphemus? : GETONES
13-across : EYEIN
14-acrossThis gauges resources and signifies a river : MEANSTEST
16-acrossRedesign short business ad from a neutral point of view : UNBIASSED
19-acrossLoud parrot describing Czech novelist : KAFKA
21-acrossSee inventor shake a piece of laboratory equipment : BELLJAR
23-acrossClose case neatly : NONSUIT
24-acrossOne needing bananas hurried outside fast : RAMADAN
25-acrossCruel hoax by one in pub : INHUMAN
26-acrossWhat ferryman’s heard to charge – nothing for actor : RIVERPHOENIX

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – A gold coin extra for entertaining language : MOIDORE
2-down – 6 breakin’ in useful substance : VITAMIN
3-down – 13 motion from big apple men only get to add up : NYSTAGMUS
4-down – Playground music? : SWING
5-down – The force of 9s, not having right to change : IMPETUS
6-down – Concentrated decimal point : INTENSE
7-down – Old fashioned anaesthetic for 9, say : SQUARENUMBER
10-down – Does it offer the first clue for deciphering a setter? Not so! : ROSETTASTONE
15-down – Instruction that’s for use at the bar and not in a brawl : ANDANTINO
17-down – Tree’s one branch in two? : BILIMBI
18-down – Award music presenter university degree in latter years : ADJUDGE
19-down – Short ruler contains short measure for member of Fagin’s gang? : KINCHIN
20-down – Puzzle spy chief with instant outward flow : FLUMMOX
22-down – Would you see railwaymen as a result of taking this approach? : RUNUP

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

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