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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21630 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21630 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Jul 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21630 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Poisonous plant disposes of servant and Sir Francis : MANDRAKE
9-across – Follows storyteller in street going westwards : TRAILS
10-across – Stake where Italian poet lost his head : ANTE
11-across – Literary group flourishes next to sink : BLOOMSBURY
12-across – Dimwit absorbs Stock Exchange secret : CLOSET
14-across – Shut up shed and flat : DROPDEAD
15-across – Making endless noise about rubbish, backing Victoria? : STATION
17-across – One attracted to card game shows how to cut : ABRIDGE
20-across – Slug with tail squashed by French politician : GAULLIST
22-across – Deposit secures little back room for manoeuvre : LEEWAY
23-across – Fix up my sandal for this religious festival : PALMSUNDAY
24-across – The pain borne by Rachel : ACHE
25-across – Polish king – Old Black Eye : SHINER
26-across – Turn round headlong in new wooden rescue boat : NOAHSARK

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – The challenge of accommodating Aunt Letitia : GAUNTLET
2-down – Newspaperman gets half inch : EDGE
3-down – Doctor in middle of walk makes sacrifice : GAMBIT
4-down – Extra food for boxers’ helpers : SECONDS
5-down – Scrap a lot of money? That makes a big bang : ATOMBOMB
6-down – Counter-plot calls for telegram security equipment : BARBEDWIRE
7-down – Swanson impregnates rag with oil : GLORIA
13-down – It resolves difficulties in an isolated village : SETTLEMENT
16-down – Death sentences? : OBITUARY
18-down – Keeper of hardy animals is an unlikely dog-hater : GOATHERD
19-down – Apprentice journalist caught up in dangerous feat : STUDENT
21-down – Coldness of a course unknown : APATHY
22-down – Untrained person writing short poem on staff : LAYMAN
24-down – Processed peas found in church : APSE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21629 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21629 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Jul 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21629 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

5-across – About fifty always present smart appearance : CLEVER
6-across – Romans required money to get free : RANSOM
9-across – A little Bach and Elgar maybe – or some other composer : HANDEL
10-across – Superior woman to crush and escort to the door : USHEROUT
11-across – Bring up the right to a listening device : REAR
12-across – Dealing with urgent checking : REPRESSING
13-across – Youngsters like receiving handout – small change : ADOLESCENTS
18-across – Businessman set against a player losing his head : CONTRACTOR
21-across – The tiresome person parking badly : PILL
22-across – Flighty creature in the pink and burning with love : FLAMINGO
23-across – Filmed first in the Mediterranean : MISTED
24-across – Object to being ordered to go again : RESENT
25-across – Late transport here’s a problem : HEARSE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Plastered, so gave up : RENDERED
2-down – Store a vehicle’s outside measurement : CELLAR
3-down – Stuff obtainable for ready money only : CASHMERE
4-down – Very large bloom once highly esteemed by Egyptians : OSIRIS
5-down – Appalling cad – and he’s run after! : CHASED
7-down – Deplores doctors hanging around the tea maker : MOURNS
8-down – Place to get drink? That’s an idea! : SUPPOSITION
14-down – The student meriting education : LEARNING
15-down – Take a revolutionary step in attempt to procure material : TAPESTRY
16-down – Derby cricket team member : BOWLER
17-down – Say there’s point to everything, for example : ALLEGE
19-down – A large number entering the examination appear extremely dull : TAMEST
20-down – Stranger calling for a big glass : RUMMER

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21627 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21627 clues and answers were published on Fri 02 Jul 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21627 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – American backing combatant in African country : SUDAN
4-across – Vegetable British love cold, leading to endless stomach ache : BROCCOLI
8-across – Jazz piece could be led by piano rush : RHAPSODYINBLUE
10-across – Plover to have mammal as prey? : KILLDEER
11-across – Films supplied by agency about soldiers in revolution : CINEMA
12-across – Plains? No, a different American place : ANNAPOLIS
15-across – Bar offering litres always : LEVER
17-across – Trendy clique may offer little plan : INSET
18-across – Personal statistic in a new list I compiled : WAISTLINE
19-across – PM on TV seen as one who’s into computers? : HACKER
21-across – As a disciple, the girl’s in a bit of a depression : ADHERENT
24-across – Sadly mar Verdi’s Requiem with only one right note : DEMISEMIQUAVER
25-across – Sort of band using instruments with skill : BRASSART
26-across – Cleaner makes happy sound round back of house : PURER

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Cause an inflammatory situation after friction? Gosh! : STRIKEALIGHT
2-down – Time limits that make telecommunications impossible? : DEADLINES
3-down – A sudden plunge I’ve avoided – went ahead cautiously : NOSED
4-down – Roar about journalist and female partner in hanky-panky? : BEDFELLOW
5-down – King Ousted in Revolution – short piece in paper? : OBIT
6-down – Vehicle about to go with dash meeting hindrance : CABRIOLET
7-down – Look to find employment for unpleasant person : LOUSE
9-down – What may be used in shock treatment : HAIRRESTORER
13-down – China region where river mammal goes into dishes : POTTERIES
14-down – Sort of bowling to become inaccurate – it’s sprayed around : SPINDRIFT
16-down – Speaking in the background without love: evil maiden? : VOICEOVER
20-down – Open vault : CLEAR
22-down – Provide Esctasy and crack : EQUIP
23-down – A clergyman upset lady : VERA

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21625 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21625 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Jun 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21625 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Playing snooker abandoned for help to the gardener? : POTTINGSHED
9-across – Distance and time on film : FOOTAGE
10-across – Merchant with a fanciful notion : ANTONIO
11-across – Irish girl and boy are annoyed : IRRITATED
12-across – Early idea: the foam must be recycled : AHEAD
13-across – Breaking solvers’ back, like, is no problem! : EASY
14-across – Generative state with a lot of brackets: do nothing in retirement : PARENTHOOD
16-across – Being there from the start with a proper golden face : PRIMORDIAL
19-across – Revolutionary note in the kitchen : CHEF
21-across – The Prince in the Guardian is the big one : WHALE
22-across – It’s like rubber, the beer – send it back to a town near Calais … : ELASTOMER
24-across – … whose law on disturbed rest is dawdling : LOITERS
25-across – … and whose upper-class type with love at heart became a poet : ARIOSTO
26-across – General produces, as a trial, Kipling’s poem in not quite nice setting : NONSPECIFIC

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Pointless 14, around a street at home, is the 23 7 : PROCRASTINATION
2-down – Healthy bread? : TOAST
3-down – Doing nothing for a moment? : INERTIA
4-down – Is he top of de range? : GRANDEE
5-down – Another top in the county, very brief : HOTPANTS
6-down – Translation of 10 16 down’s work made a hit with confused committee : DANCETOTHEMUSIC
7-down – : OFTIME
8-down – Dirty gold acted on pole : SORDID
15-down – Expected to show one’s free : FORESEEN
16-down – River, supply of water to Baden? : POWELL
17-down – The cat and the Queen had briefly retired to put on fancy clothes : DRESSUP
18-down – A Catholic, about a month in France, uses a Semitic tongue : ARAMAIC
20-down – Have babies in a distant line : FARROW
23-down – He will take if the possibility is available : THIEF

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21624 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21624 clues and answers were published on Tue 29 Jun 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21624 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Weapon law overlooked on first examining this part of ship : GUNWALE
5-across – Succeed in their design : INHERIT
9-across – Poor parish including one high flier : AIRSHIP
10-across – Has an effect on what child does : IMPACTS
11-across – Solicit space for trying suits : COURTROOM
12-across – Vestment needing sound pin : COTTA
13-across – Clip heard by quiet listener : SHEAR
15-across – Fair lady packing a gun in trifle : BAGATELLE
17-across – Renegades’ act at Tosca performance : TURNCOATS
19-across – Poor actor admitting soldier to women’s quarters : HAREM
22-across – Crime featured in popular song : ARSON
23-across – Varicoloured pepper used to get rid of rats : PIEDPIPER
25-across – Find fault with island’s acceptance of returning soldier : ARRAIGN
26-across – Learned Oriental gets rude about it : ERUDITE
27-across – The French doctor with the peculiar kind of walk? : LAMBETH
28-across – To take it is an offence : UMBRAGE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Looks briefly at strokes : GLANCES
2-down – Manage to come up with true sort of nourishment : NURTURE
3-down – Remains an alien presence on the Scottish plate : ASHET
4-down – Great feeling about key plant : EUPHORBIA
5-down – Zeus’s inamorata in midstream in a manner of speaking : IDIOM
6-down – Game to have a drink after the dance : HOPSCOTCH
7-down – Many to get it in actual performance : RECITAL
8-down – Tackled first rank with a will : TESTATE
14-down – Credit one with being profound : RECONDITE
16-down – Alewife putting water on cheap cigarette : GASPEREAU
17-down – To drag wearily round museum is hard work : TRAVAIL
18-down – Sort out spirit platform : ROSTRUM
20-down – Duplicate caliper ordered : REPLICA
21-down – She needs real men around : MARLENE
23-down – Dickensian in dire straits? : PINCH
24-down – Sound fruit, they say : PLUMB

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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