The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27922 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27922 clues and answers were published on Tue 10 Sep 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27922 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossThis writer’s put on fake leather : SHAMMY
4-acrossMisshaped model is shedding pounds to get a heavenly body : DEIMOS
9-acrossCriticism not entirely crazy : FLAK
10-acrossEndless voting one expressed approval of — and tried to secure votes? : POLITICKED
11-acrossSee 24 : BRIDGE
12-acrossLike some urns : CINERARY
13-acrossFemmes fatales near mates, misbehaving : MANEATERS
15-acrossSolitary person would be left with this single thing : ONER
16-acrossSmall drinks in vessels lacking height : SIPS
17-acrossTwenty joining club maybe — a record at a sports ground : SCORECARD
21-acrossElaborate situation created by streaker? : FLESHOUT
22-acrossShe’s married numberless men, including an old gardener : MADAME
24-acrossOne assesses resistance to watershed being abused : WHEATSTONE
25-acrossFemale artificial in speech : MAID
26-acrossGo on social network, head buried : WITTER
27-acrossA bill, say, for a high-ranking Turkish official : ATABEG

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Thus short rope is needed in beauty parlours : SOLARIA
2-down – Lady troubled about first bit of knitwear that’s polyester : ALKYD
3-down – The majority needing food to eat, being least contented : MOPIEST
5-down – No longer having time, stop — or run on? : EXTEND
6-down – A comic ran about like ‘Michelle, ma belle … ’ : MACARONIC
7-down – Football broadcaster beginning to stultify listener : SHEARER
8-down – Copper interrupting nonsense in voting procedure that’s shocking : ELECTROCUTION
14-down – Unled soldiers overtake worker by the way : ENPASSANT
16-down – Girl and dog jump : SALCHOW
18-down – Most peculiar 22 briefly wearing reddish-brown : RUMMEST
19-down – Sheep’s high-pitched noise, behaving violently : RAMPING
20-down – More than one boy that is attractive and healthy in Scotland : SONSIE
23-down – Protest over bishop — something happening at end of service : DEMOB

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

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