The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21684 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21684 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 Sep 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21684 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossReport of pachyderms in pass with peculiar feature : WRYNOSE
8-acrossFrom river to river back to river : POTOMAC
10-acrossHaving got my ape movies muddled, I say I’m king of the river : MEKONG
11-acrossOn All Fools’ Day the bird gets old fruit : APRICOCK
12-acrossAccommodation like 6 : FLAT
13-acrossThe president finds something explosive in The King and I … : THABOMBEKI
14-across… in his place – enough to give one a fit – a chorus … : SOUTHAFRICA
19-across… at last the balladist admits his identity : ZIMBABWEAN
22-acrossA couple of Scots cut off and shut off: no change here! : TWAS
23-across : EVERTHUS
24-across : NELSON
25-acrossHold our Peter’s father, perhaps – one before 13 : MANDELA
26-acrossWhere the flytrap was you can see little bits mangled inside : WEBSITE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Well-regulated trolley pusher? : ORDERLY
2-down – A few of the foregoing with this alternative : ONEORTWO
3-down – Both the dials go wrong: this you must see! : ASIGHT
4-down – … This suffice, or do you want the usual saloon? : FOURDOOR
5-down – Keeper of the watch, an unknown copper, coming in: he’s earthborn : FOXCUB
6-down – It’s made of batter clumsily ground : PANCAKE
9-down – The birds are over the pond : CANADAGEESE
15-down – See 3 : TOBEHOLD
16-down – Pet on a table set to change and not to change : CATALYST
17-down – Roman bridge : MILVIAN
18-down – Collusion with accountant is a big laugh : CAHOOTS
20-down – What the sheep said about punishment under the Gaekwar : BARODA
21-down – Poles in their customary order in a French city : NANTES

This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.

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