Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22966 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22966 clues and answers were published on Mon 20 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22966 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Corrects the final part in a script : AMENDS
4-across – They may be called cliffs : BLUFFS
9-across – Big name appears nightly : STAR
10-across – You may have fun here for a pretty good cause : FAIRGROUND
11-across – Ernest broke records : ENTERS
12-across – Fairly good round the home : HONESTLY
13-across – Make a three-point landing : TOUCHDOWN
15-across – Vessel has got right inside the harbour : PORT
16-across – A Conservative leader about to give ground : ACRE
17-across – Hope yet for an art form : STILLLIFE
21-across – A short-lived engagement : SKIRMISH
22-across – A student with many grants : ALLOTS
24-across – Unlocked and shared out moonshine : BALDERDASH
25-across – Pet that’s all the fashion : RAGE
26-across – Is afraid of disturbing adders : DREADS
27-across – Nothing clear may come from this prophet : ORACLE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Merchant who was in debt for a pound : ANTONIO
2-down – Macabre how corpse ends in the lake : EERIE
3-down – Fed up with being exploited and rendered ineffective : DEFUSED
5-down – Get the member to finish an old story : LEGEND
6-down – Pays bill, say, for furniture : FOOTSTOOL
7-down – Just one type of shirt or vest : SINGLET
8-down – Vigilant chap who never does a day’s work : NIGHTWATCHMAN
14-down – Sort of paper round? : CARTRIDGE
16-down – Difficult week in a hospital department : AWKWARD
18-down – Hide article in play : LEATHER
19-down – The weariness of military duty : FATIGUE
20-down – D minor composition by Elgar : NIMROD
23-down – Cyril’s odd ode : LYRIC

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22964 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22964 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22964 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – During send-off, show idle characters, such as women of leisure : LADIESWHO
10-across – Test we hear? A river : AURAL
11-across – I haven’t cut up on motorway in colourless environment? I probably have! : WHITE
12-across – Boy short of an idiotic case: on Pike’s head it’s marked Stupid Boy : DUNCESCAP
13-across – Town fast approaching North : PRESTON
14-across – 9’s 10? Almost, possibly violent : INTENSE
17-across – Italian composer to dump resident, no good : TOSTI
19-across – Common toilet – make for it! : BOG
20-across – Log on Kirk’s star-ship only half complete : ENTER
21-across – Desired for rejection of reject, noted discrimination admitted : YEARNED
22-across – A brief question about 4 leaves you trembling : AQUIVER
24-across – Alkaline compound of unstable character absorbing shortfall on the side : HYDROXIDE
26-across – See 9 : LUNCH
28-across – From 4 or Senegal? The former, perhaps? : NORSE
29-across – Make allowances for endless stretch at university at conclusion of course : EXTENUATE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Clown had to be funny during smack, though reaction suggesting otherwise? : SLOW
2-down – Hint of Saatchi and Saatchi product, depravity : ADVICE
3-down – Middle of city centre scrapped in redevelopment, possibly? : PEDESTRIAN
4-down – Country location of Biodome Project and its name : SWEDEN
5-down – Signalling direction in bricklayer’s work : POINTING
6-down – See 25 : RATE
7-down – See 3 : PRECINCT
8-down – See 1 : CLAP
13-down – On this train, loco : POTTY
15-down – Cringeworthy cryptic clue got in : TOECURLING
16-down – Three rights, one heartless, make a wrong : ERROR
18-down – See 19 across : STANDARD
19-down – Bend put straight inside which to rule sheets : BEDLINEN
22-down – A toilet for spies : AGENTS
23-down – See 11 : VANMAN
24-down – See 1 : HAND
25-down – Place too high a price on the speed of deliveries? : OVER
27-down – Lean part of the foot : HEEL

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22963 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22963 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22963 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Forbidding plump women chasing back speaker who crossed the Atlantic : PILGRIM
5-across – See 1 : FATHERS
9-across – Danger point for space traveller axing ecological endeavour : REENTRY
10-across – Noble that is royal before : EARLIER
11-across – Setter’s relative energy encompasses student on first row : IMBROGLIO
12-across – School report saying Rusty? : EATEN
13-across – Glory acquired by repelling vulgar derogation of the country : KUDOS
15-across – Boxer of Animal Farm, with a turn for the right where one went on the parish : WORKHORSE
17-across – Roget on the Lizard? : THESAURUS
19-across – Name for what : NABOB
22-across – Race in Kashmir is hard run : IRISH
23-across – Little Sir from Never on Sunday? : WEEKNIGHT
25-across – Opera lover lost in transit : TRISTAN
26-across – Time for a somewhat aged and 16 27 composer : TAVENER
27-across – His age combined with idleness caused under-production : ENGLISH
28-across – See 27 : DISEASE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Norm has his outlet, not quite what you need to get into non-27 football club : PARTICK
2-down – Idler composed German song about American president : LIEABED
3-down – 10 on beast can be expressed as a fraction : RATIO
4-down – 1 5’s craft is quite likely to prosper : MAYFLOWER
5-down – Somewhat fuddled, I reach South American territory : FUEGO
6-down – Arrogant female perhaps and crucial male in turn : TURKEYHEN
7-down – He turns out to be a winner under direction : EVICTOR
8-down – How far can the street go with its French counterpart a laughing stock? The answer is really unexpected : STRANGE
14-down – Intersection at Bologna, perhaps : SPAGHETTI
16-down – Put off coming up with a gamble as entry that’s well thought of : RESPECTED
17-down – See 1 : THISTLE
18-down – Job with paper, say, first in the row to go in : EDITING
20-down – This bloomer could be a big one : BEGONIA
21-down – See 8 : BUTTRUE
23-down – Acquire companion by helicopter? : WINCH
24-down – 1 – 0 66666, 1000m volcano : NEVIS

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22962 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22962 clues and answers were published on Wed 15 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22962 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Will settlement : DETERMINATION
10-across – Urban work by sanctimonious boy : OPPIDAN
11-across – One with soldiers in desert clothing : RAIMENT
12-across – Under a cow? : LOWER
13-across – Expert shipwright? : CRAFTSMAN
14-across – Rule 1 for a girl : NORMA
16-across – He wrote about Eliza Mole : EMILEZOLA
18-across – Lebanese grower, who cared about an actor? : CEDARTREE
19-across – Not happy about Lawrence’s place : STEAD
20-across – Moved proposal to throw ale out : EMOTIONAL
23-across – Metal point on supports : BRASS
24-across – Stops at a nice part? How wicked! : SATANIC
25-across – Avoiding girl getting ring : EVADING
26-across – Introducing author to a senior artificer : LEADINGSTOKER

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Authorised new poem about soldier getting married : EMPOWERED
3-down – That is up to the German flier : EIDER
4-down – Crazed fellow in charge : MANIC
5-down – King Rat featuring in simple story : NARRATIVE
6-down – Unspoiled Hardy heroine is not a novice at heart : TAINTLESS
7-down – Poem about church ladies performed in concert hall : ODEUM
8-down – Going round and right to stop going round on the cricket pitch : BOWLINGCREASE
9-down – Flag America’s put up, for example, as usual : STANDARDUSAGE
15-down – Arranged unfortunately to include one publicly accused : ARRAIGNED
16-down – Both Dublin and Belfast opposed to peace proposal? : EIRENICON
17-down – Workman working : OPERATIVE
21-down – It’s not in a soldier to be extravagant : OUTRE
22-down – Look at letter on soil deposit : LOESS
23-down – Reportedly be a hit man : BRAVO

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22961 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22961 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22961 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – No boundaries with this bat? The members are going spare here! : SINGLESCLUB
9-across – Cold fish dropping calf? : ICEBERG
10-across – Like the Swiss between shifts : NEUTRAL
11-across – Extra curry served before the port : BALTIMORE
12-across – Hohner’s favourite psychiatrist? : ADLER
13-across – Unfeeling male absorbed in the nitty-gritty : NUMB
14-across – Entertainer at the 1 across? : ONEMANBAND
16-across – John-Boy, the exhibitionist : JACKTHELAD
19-across – Imran Khan has a cross to bear : ANKH
21-across – Son of a bitch backing sloth in the papal court : CURIA
22-across – Runs and spin one observed during good times at the Monaco event : GRANDPRIX
24-across – Peter embracing soldier at the end of the trail : SANTAFE
25-across – The devil’s a good fellow? No! : ABADDON
26-across – What guarantees it’s a boy? M-more choosy selection : YCHROMOSOME

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – She designs exotic Lycra mantles etc : STELLAMCCARTNEY
2-down – Marks Ivan the Terrible’s English heart : NAEVI
3-down – Anglo-Italian port? Sounds foul! : LEGHORN
4-down – Does Jesus want Bunthorne in exchange for this old car? : SUNBEAM
5-down – Swiss city giving us an entry, in a way : LAUSANNE
6-down – Nothing right from Booker, sadly, that is by darling B, the author! : BERYLBAINBRIDGE
7-down – Inspiration for Waugh’s Decline and Fall, Man at Arms and two books further! : GIBBON
8-down – The 12 reducing Dundee and Genoa to ashes? : ALFRED
15-down – Disturbance in Dundee remains after upsetting the markets : STRAMASH
16-down – Man-eating lettuce? You must be joking! : JOCOSE
17-down – Zorba in Toledo? : ELGRECO
18-down – Oh! A Red Beret’s ascending: that’s brave! : ARAPAHO
20-down – Put the evil eye on an oriental compound : HEXANE
23-down – Death repays all crimes; off with their heads! : DRACO

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

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