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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21719 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21719 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21719 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossClasp is loose on the Spanish knife : SCALPEL
8-acrossSouth American girl’s study? : PERUSAL
10-acrossShow progress? Don’t exaggerate! : COMEON
11-acrossWent into service? : ENLISTED
12-acrossLive with a posh boyfriend : BEAU
13-acrossOld personnel carrier, powerfully armed? : SEDANCHAIR
14-acrossRelation found in a semi-religious order? : HALFBROTHER
19-acrossDevotion of caretaker to head? : TENDERNESS
22-acrossStudy a book about publicity : READ
23-acrossA city to impress sailors : SHANGHAI
24-acrossYou’ll never score with this girl : MAIDEN
25-acrossHigh-rise flat : PLATEAU
26-acrossGraduates meeting shortly? It’s in the wind : BASSOON

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Pedestrian transport : SCOOTER
2-down – A word of praise : ALLELUIA
3-down – Threatened strikes that don’t come off : FEINTS
4-down – We shall shortly join firm : WELLKNIT
5-down – Sudden rising in output schedule : PUTSCH
6-down – Half-cooked scrap of food : RAREBIT
9-down – It’s the law in France : GENDARMERIE
15-down – In time the waves may recede from it : FOREHEAD
16-down – Rise late, perhaps, but still be the first : EARLIEST
17-down – An opening for an opener : KEYHOLE
18-down – Didn’t go much on Arthur’s place! : CAMELOT
20-down – Point has a need to be put differently : DENOTE
21-down – Mother’s coming up on a vessel – a Chinese one : SAMPAN

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21717 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21717 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21717 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossHaving won holiday, I missed out, in total disarray : ANYOLDHOW
6-acrossAssistance required for Beatles’ performance : HELP
10-acrossPrison officers occupied old fellow – one always inside : OFLAG
11-acrossOne presiding over award ceremony for the MC? : ANNOUNCER
12-acrossInsect buzzing around wine – a funny little creature : BEASTIE
13-acrossHoly Roman Emperor, given sign, got votes from 11 : LEOPOLD
14-acrossHonesty’s importance in a crisis? : MOMENTOFTRUTH
17-acrossFinally, they just miss a century : DOUBLEFIGURES
21-acrossGreek character facing total disaster, having mixed parentage : MULATTO
22-acrossTime to pack in dodgy cigars affecting one’s digestion? : GASTRIC
24-acrossWhip pinching MP’s cheese? : CAMEMBERT
25-acrossRecalled section of book originally specifying hardwood : IROKO
26-acrossTabloid king scuppered : SUNK
27-acrossPrecise time to phone up – very excited about that : STRINGENT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – A grave situation – order second category weapon : ATOMBOMB
2-down – Some betrayal tactically here during WWII? : YALTA
3-down – When AA members need clarification of a way forward? : LIGHTINGUPTIME
4-down – Jack’s crying out for the sack! : HEAVEHO
5-down – Part of building rented, one with restricted lift facility : WINGLET
7-down – Mutually excited and explosive in race riot? : EACHOTHER
8-down – Show off these days, staying in trim : PARADE
9-down – Tip for drivers? It may affect one’s own behaviour : AUTOSUGGESTION
15-down – He must be involved with the media! : MIDDLEMAN
16-down – Be intimidating, editing copy thus? : PSYCHOUT
18-down – A source of continuing pride : LIONESS
19-down – Someone very determined to find a plane? : FIGHTER
20-down – Legal adviser briefly left out of musical wrangling : AMICUS
23-down – River horse, so it’s said : RHONE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21716 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21716 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21716 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


4-acrossStarts fiddling with switch on judge’s black box : FLIGHT
6-across : RECORDER
9-acrossReprimand after dropping a cake in the rubbish : ROCKET
10-acrossSort to get married and miss embracing dairy worker : MILKMAID
11-acrossFat father ruined tin of theatrical make-up : GREASEPAINT
15-acrossThere’s no way distilled spirit can be a medicine! : NOSTRUM
17-acrossFragrant ring, the same before turning sour : ODOROUS
18-acrossCafe, as in dull colour, soon takes very little money : GREASYSPOON
22-acrossLaugh at clear clue I made a mess of : RIDICULE
23-acrossAn embellishment acceptable in an open court : ATRIUM
24-acrossTime to finish making improvements … : AMENDING
25-across… for nothing great is pointless : GRATIS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Man declines to come round for bed linen : SHEETS
2-down – Happy with Louis etc, if dancing : FELICITOUS
3-down – Removing coat, cook bird : COCKATOO
4-down – Inventing article to be inserted when searching : FORAGING
5-down – In patient about to be admitted, it’s up : INCREASE
7-down – Expensive letter opener? : DEAR
8-down – Travelled east after staff : RODE
12-down – Attractive French lady admitted striking : PUMMELLING
13-down – Pioneer carelessly lost coin : COLONIST
14-down – Big waves miss aunt when swimming : TSUNAMIS
16-down – Which makes a royal person late? : REGICIDE
19-down – When upset, go to God : SATURN
20-down – District standing a long time : AREA
21-down – Had zealot hidden a timber dresser? : ADZE

This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21715 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21715 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21715 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossThe adding of water etc in the matter of established political norms : RECONSTITUTION
9-acrossThere’s a boom when it reads 1, caused by hammer etc : MACHMETER
10-acrossUniform choice, as in 1900 or with the Falklands factor : KHAKI
11-acrossImperial cat? : OUNCE
12-acrossNear Eastern front, money held by Southern general : LEVANTINE
13-acrossMost of our air needs re-toning : NITROGEN
14-acrossBit of trouser for the book? : TURNUP
17-acrossParasite having a rest at the table : JIGGER
19-acrossSee 10 : ELECTION
22-acrossPredicament after strike dispels darkness : LAMPLIGHT
24-acrossLegal bar to poet’s work : ESTOP
25-acrossRun away, as insect from ungulate : ELOPE
26-acrossWork hard to enter Magic Circle before eating raw flesh : OMOPHAGIC
27-acrossRates flop badly at 1 down’s county: it requires the adding of water : PLASTEROFPARIS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Lovers’ memory of dawn before a month in parliament : ROMEOANDJULIET
2-down – It’s giving milk that has people shy : COCONUT
3-down – Nobody keeps pigment for himself : NUMBERONE
4-down – Written off to journalist of stature : TOTALLED
5-down – In the earth rivers enable us to live well : THRIVE
6-down – Symbolic presence granted to Livingstone : TOKEN
7-down – Eggs changed into what could be standing : OVATION
8-down – Deserts etc produce woes with appendices burst : WIDEOPENSPACES
15-down – He’s turning in: take away keeper with relative status : UNCLESHIP
16-down – Trouble about gambling game – it isn’t over yet! : ALOTTODO
18-down – Soup I left, having trouble in the mouth : GUMBOIL
20-down – 3 is 3, say, in between : INTEGER
21-down – Take no notice of Italian men losing their head : IGNORE
23-down – City is 3, say : LEEDS

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21714 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21714 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21714 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossEssay about object that’s fashionable : TRENDY
4-acrossCapital containing a hospital for outcasts : PARIAHS
9-acrossVery clever fish ain’t at sea : BRILLIANT
10-acrossIsland’s turning black : SABLE
11-acrossFollow headless queens around : ENSUE
12-acrossShow disapproval by taking carriage as a sort of practical joke : BOOBYTRAP
13-acrossSo deep in thought one’s absorbed – nobody will play with one : SOLOIST
15-acrossA drink with a head : NOGGIN
17-acrossAppalled – but helping to make Branagh a star : AGHAST
19-acrossPresent course : CURRENT
22-acrossTwo chaps like some medieval legends : ARTHURIAN
24-acrossPhilanthropist retiring for the good of France : NOBEL
26-acrossLetter from Greek graduate – it has four sides : RHOMB
27-acrossKing accompanied by aerial artist : KANDINSKY
28-acrossBird discovered by dramatist outside Los Angeles : ORTOLAN
29-acrossNothing on listed building? : LEANTO

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Bill allows some medicine : TABLETS
2-down – England’s first team takes both ends outdoors : EXITS
3-down – Self-indulgent life of fool upset by musical : DOLCEVITA
4-down – Crushing remark that’s recorded : PUTDOWN
5-down – After religious instruction heaven appears unsafe : RISKY
6-down – Purple and gold mixture of beer and gin : AUBERGINE
7-down – Look round shelter, being ready for bed : SLEEPY
8-down – Religious teacher with time for timid person : RABBIT
14-down – Prescribed bedtime in lands abroad : LIGHTSOUT
16-down – Latin verbal adjective given rude translation : GERUNDIVE
18-down – Kitchen order: stir in flour, possibly : THICKEN
19-down – Clergymen preserve son, perhaps : CANONS
20-down – Cry in the field though little colleague is content : TALLYHO
21-down – Spanish-speaking area of city – except for a Portuguese-speaking city : BARRIO
23-down – Sort of blume? Sort of bloom? : UMBEL
25-down – Container containing a small container : BASIN

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

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