The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28222 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28222 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Aug 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28222 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossChange colour visibly from goitre — pain throbbing : REPAINT
5-acrossTramps given clothes — about time : TOERAGS
9-acrossThis is reality: being ruthless to make time : TRUTH
10-acrossComposer working in orchestral movies cut lavish set pieces : MORRICONE
11-acrossNote what 10, 13 and 22 did: restored calm : RECOMPOSED
12-acrossBoatman goes on south to get sun? : STAR
14-acrossBoatman taken in, new to love and so on — about time : NONETOOSOON
18-acrossNot really at all queer, I figure that’s the same on all sides : EQUILATERAL
21-acrossYearn for sleep? About time : PANT
22-acrossComposer of music and player of it: so damn wild : FATSDOMINO
25-acrossPart of tent peg and rod lie around : RIDGEPOLE
26-acrossDeclare time to head off : AVERT
27-acrossLiberal, easy, not into enforcing norms toward beginners : LENIENT
28-acrossUnruly girl, out of time: liability inside bar, British : LADETTE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – About time, vessel determines to go back : RETURN
2-down – At no time taken in by blow to belly : PAUNCH
3-down – Cruelly using Indian’s skin over colour, chiefly, they say : INHUMANELY
4-down – Work fulfilled? About time : TEMPO
5-down – Scourge of people between rock and hard place : TORMENTOR
6-down – Throw out — time’s up : EMIT
7-down – Acceptance of taking our time over choice : ADOPTION
8-down – For poet, at no time stopping chorus of contempt : SNEERING
13-down – Composer of old, once with movement about conflict : NOELCOWARD
15-down – Besotted with clue to stun : NUTSABOUT
16-down – Johnson returns with nothing in bungled alert — about time : TEMPORAL
17-down – Retired at fun run — lead didn’t cut the odds : TURNEDIN
19-down – Terrible about time, to be frank : DIRECT
20-down – Centrally imposed overtime, holder of innumerable letters — one’s job : POSTIE
23-down – Time to put letters in order : SPELL
24-down – Time out of time — it’s simple : MERE

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

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