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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23045 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 23045 clues and answers were published on Thu 22 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23045 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Action in a struggle with tobacco : NICOTIANA
10-across – Original Englishman’s club is L-shaped : ANGLE
11-across – Piece of garden space, not near church, to stage shenanigans : BEDROOM
12-across – Poet and actor are like in dances : HOPKINS
13-across – Bump up the racket? : RAMP
14-across – Anticyclones grant opportunity for football club : ACCRINGTON
16-across – See 14 : STANLEY
17-across – See 19 : SURGEON
19-across – Change around, alien to Ireland : VETERINARY
22-across – See 10 : IRON
24-across – Report of joints at hide-out in London : NEASDEN
25-across – Horse for battery? : CHARGER
26-across – Course of Spenser’s 20 : SWEET
27-across – Bird, no chicken, entering award with the others : GOLDCREST

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – With doubly posh fellow other virtues point to modesty : UNOBTRUSIVENESS
2-down – A rebel’s elevated goal, the world of learning : ACADEMIA
3-down – Was candidate to be put in the ground? : STOOD
4-down – Refusal to include pollarded tree in mock sea battle : NAUMACHY
5-down – Plump for Mercury without funny hat, the old perpetual roller : FATHER
6-down – Woodwork at the fish gate : CARPENTRY
7-down – A spirit favouring the young : AGEIST
8-down – Deserter, first following through : PERSONANONGRATA
15-down – Fry it with oil and delete rococo quality : FLORIDITY
17-down – With discipline sometimes for the birds : STRICTLY
18-down – Work up during morning tea? : EARLGREY
20-down – See 5 : THAMES
21-down – Salad Days, say, soon coming up : NONAGE
23-down – See 11 : FARCE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23044 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 23044 clues and answers were published on Wed 21 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23044 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Tropical tree with excellent hard covering : CARAPACE
5-across – Box of pictures in study : CARTON
9-across – Aiming for fresh pairings : ASPIRING
10-across – A cruel lover? : SADIST
11-across – They could be tied while waiting for release! : TENANTRY
12-across – Stuff taken from the refurbished Louvre : VELOUR
14-across – Eunice Bell translation shows liveliness : EBULLIENCE
18-across – Number of articles on the vicar’s bookshelf : THIRTYNINE
22-across – Show that one agrees with the Head : NODDLE
23-across – Sea time in eastern Canada : ATLANTIC
24-across – Dish cooked in soda : ADONIS
25-across – Baedeker’s first trendy seaside resort : BRIGHTON
26-across – Indulgent daughter got in trouble : DOTING
27-across – Steps forward with supplies : ADVANCES

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Songs of church workers : CHANTS
2-down – Napier designed sacking : RAPINE
3-down – Mother and father split : PARENT
4-down – 5 assorted musicians in illegal trade : CONTRABAND
6-down – Fellow of no practical use? : ACADEMIC
7-down – Triangular tiles : TRICORNS
8-down – Senorita in trouble might turn to them : NOTARIES
13-down – Like a crab moving under it all : ILLNATURED
15-down – A kind of English flag : STANDARD
16-down – Going last, I’d months to prepare : HINDMOST
17-down – His job is to cover : STALLION
19-down – Some sang harmoniously in the Buddhist community : SANGHA
20-down – Snow on TV still! : STATIC
21-down – Episodes featuring pets : SCENES

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23043 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 23043 clues and answers were published on Tue 20 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23043 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Fight to have last of the jam : SCRAPE
4-across – Needles are reportedly unnecessary in making silk robes : OBELISKS
9-across – Sailor’s something round to swallow : ABSORB
10-across – Pots break during trip? : STOPOVER
11-across – Bird to follow round in dive bar : COCKTAILLOUNGE
13-across – See pottery made by conventional character : STEREOTYPE
14-across – Murphy’s digger : SPUD
16-across – America interrupts to back exile : OUST
18-across – Measure of the small-time crime waves engulfing capital : MICROMETER
21-across – Monopoly’s fortune that’s not got by chance! : COMMUNITYCHEST
23-across – Comprehensive description of The Planets : ALLROUND
24-across – Person of rank loses face over serviceman returning favour : OBLIGE
25-across – It’s annoying to nag : HORSEFLY
26-across – Gorge fool with some stuffing : CANYON

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Jade’s bird to strip first : SLAT
2-down – Recipe is only for fried food : RISSOLE
3-down – A reprobate has huff about lovebird : PARAKEET
5-down – No can do! : BOTTLEPARTY
6-down – Particle’s seized rapaciously by the sound of it : LEPTON
7-down – … is opposed to drink! : SEVENUP
8-down – Resign from part when concealing slip up : SURRENDER
12-down – Like a long war getting rid of a totalitarian organisation : ATTRITIONAL
13-down – Sea fish circling can circle snail : SLOWCOACH
15-down – Tip off African nation that traps local frogs etc : AMPHIBIA
17-down – East-going Air Miles can be much the same : SIMILAR
19-down – Doubt being in irritable state : TESTIFY
20-down – Old city protected by warning of driver’s rage : FURORE
22-down – See 1 : TERN

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23042 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 23042 clues and answers were published on Mon 19 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23042 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – Exposed to drink : AIREDALE
9-across – Me, on this occasion : SETTER
10-across – Peek surreptitiously : PEKE
11-across – Crossbreed? : MALTESEDOG
12-across – Edward briefly involved in polo ruck : POODLE
14-across – Australian upset after losing Rugby Union : ALSATIAN
15-across – Second-rate resource : BASSET
17-across – Poet wants bible classes included : BRIARD
20-across – Abroad, confused between left and right : LABRADOR
22-across – A small amount cheat returned : BORZOI
23-across – Brit in Oz has time in an organisation : POMERANIAN
24-across – Chinese takeaway? : CHOW
25-across – Line leaving coal mine : COLLIE
26-across – A fellow with nothing to say : MALEMUTE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – It’s up to me and mine and it’s set to go off with a bang : TIMEBOMB
2-down – Entertain a lot, say : FETE
3-down – Pound given before Mamie ordered sailor’s warm jumper : LAMMIE
4-down – He accuses falsely, as the ship’s officer said : ASPERSER
5-down – The way to get food, we hear, for a community celebration : STREETFAIR
6-down – Reason to break with the missus in Barcelona? : SENORA
8-down – Due to the wind, oil drifts in each direction : EOLIAN
13-down – 500 severely treated – about 500 – and rightly so! : DESERVEDLY
16-down – Finished outside, the listener drew closer : ENDEARED
18-down – Medic, before operation, takes out leader of Soho’s nonconformists : DROPOUTS
19-down – Truman is inside after discarding an axiomatic statement : TRUISM
21-down – Silver and gold changed to coins in Israel : AGOROT
22-down – A band of blackfish : BANGLE
24-down – Search for company doctor : COMB

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23040 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 23040 clues and answers were published on Fri 16 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23040 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – What could make Pierce Brosnan bristle is what makes double agents bristle – not a lot perhaps : DESIGNER
9-across – Smart clobber from Mike Tyson: Bruno’s heartbroken : MONKEY
10-across – See 9 : SUIT
11-across – Boat more appropriate for the substance in this privileged vehicle? : GRAVYTRAIN
12-across – Cad to refuse evidence of 17s? : RATTAT
14-across – Opening piece of open flower : OVERTURE
15-across – See 8 : STUBBLE
17-across – One not 6 of horse slaughterer exchanging article for duck : KNOCKER
20-across – Half orchestral section’s input contrived to blow : UPPERCUT
22-across – Playgirl’s fiction project passed round : JULIET
23-across – Description of bap containing Inuit, or Arctic tern, we hear? : ESKIMOROLL
24-across – Cosmetic surgery – might this get you laid? : FACE
25-across – Muscle again crushing mushroom : BICEPS
26-across – Unfavourable review of Road to movie starring Bing Crosby only? : HOPELESS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Pouting songstress Clark not without love : PETULANT
2-down – See 24 across : LIFT
3-down – Audition of black horse : KNIGHT
4-down – Crime needs time and motive : TREASON
5-down – From heaven, English pyramid average? : EMPYREAN
6-down – Having no complaints when circulating, endlessly doing so? : UNCRITICAL
7-down – One refuting the weight of a couturier’s work : DENIER
13-down – Lentil and bean stew on napkins etc : TABLELINEN
16-down – Game where shape of 3’s move overbearing? : LACROSSE
18-down – Work out tax the Queen’s saved : EXERCISE
19-down – Wasting of a prize : ATROPHY
21-down – Skip a page turned over, referred to many times : PASSIM
22-down – Bird eats prune and banger : JALOPY
24-down – Seasonal slump? : FALL

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

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