The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28702 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28702 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28702 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossPenny-pinching pillager, crooked Frenchman on the fiddle : GRAPPELLI
10-acrossGreeting daughter with extremely emotional call off peak : YODEL
11-acrossWhere order is kept to release criminal at first : CONVENT
12-acrossStart, as thieves may, to engage with two breaking in : HOTWIRE
13-acrossPlaces to park behind vehicles from Spain : SEATS
14-acrossStone to crush — this is just breaking now! : STOPPRESS
16-acrossWhat mum does, receiving letters about the future for Bill? : ACTOFPARLIAMENT
19-acrossClub sandwiches have to be nearer the mouth : DOWNRIVER
21-acrossMore precise haulier ditching fashion label : TRUER
22-acrossShowing a complex palinode, wanting name translated : OEDIPAL
23-acrossIt downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bears : LITOTES
24-acrossMuslim group welcoming very revered Indian : SHIVA
25-acrossFeeling less clear over site of recent parties : NUMBERTEN

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Urge VIP to tuck into stock food: it’s sweet stuff : EGGCUSTARD
2-down – Spar with graduates boxing in street : MAINMAST
3-down – Drugs? Being on these, one would be broke : UPPERS
4-down – It’s not bubbly in large heavy bottles : FLAT
5-down – Better description of a tsunami, possibly : HIGHROLLER
6-down – Mince pasty I’d stuffed with nothing in awful state : DYSTOPIA
7-down – Guidance in case of acknow­ledged wrongdoing : ADVICE
8-down – This is one prompt to pen line : CLUE
14-down – Girl set out with van, one that’s utterly empty : STARVELING
15-down – Taking off coat in Swansea, turning it upward : SATIRISING
17-down – It creates excitement on behalf of online work : FOREPLAY
18-down – Emit gas and perhaps smoke around gallery : ERUCTATE
20-down – Soldier punching awful weed pulling prank on American : WEDGIE
21-down – Gossip heard in bourgeois magazine : TATLER
22-down – Fight on horseback with no leader to unseat : OUST
23-down – Dancing bishop leaves one stretched out on the road : LIMO

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

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