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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22939 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22939 clues and answers were published on Thu 18 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22939 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – One caring about a state of darkness : IGNORANCE
10-across – Fatuous reflection in Lent penitential season : INEPT
11-across – Man of rank is for alien exclusion : BARONET
12-across – Left-wing vote gets the bird : REDPOLL
13-across – Cover wanting to abscond – why it’s said to be a sin : ENVY
14-across – Kind of pot metal produced in Burgundy : CHAMBERTIN
16-across – Indented with edging except at the front : ORDERED
17-across – Transformed to super-superhuman being : PROTEUS
19-across – It helps me regulate initially the toast production : THERMOSTAT
22-across – Many had followed the original Samaritan : CHAD
24-across – Sudanese, say, have nothing to do with auditory equipment : NILOTIC
25-across – Church Militant? : TEMPLAR
26-across – Ellington’s mood after losing leading drummer, Jones : INIGO
27-across – Being abroad without cash means going without booze : ABSTINENT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Women’s Lib intend to rally for court appearances : WIMBLEDONTENNIS
2-down – Like a stone in final resting place : ENGRAVED
3-down – Instrument costing a lot of money : GRAND
4-down – Grabbed but can’t smash in Slough : SNATCHED
5-down – Old pain gets girl on edge : MEGRIM
6-down – Medium weight in Manchester : MIDDLETON
7-down – Soldiers with potential to rise : REVOLT
8-down – Bog ore carelessly spilt at No. 11 ceremony : STILPNOSIDERITE
15-down – Those in favour get preferment : PROMOTION
17-down – Carry out purchase without deed : PRACTISE
18-down – Girl showing embarrassment at being unready? : ETHELRED
20-down – Cake can be a miracle with topping : ECLAIR
21-down – Copper cash collection for tabernacle : SUCCAH
23-down – Message from half-hearted heroine to the European : EMAIL

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22938 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22938 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22938 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Girl beaten, but by no means confounded : UNABASHED
10-across – Not seldom met with in soft endearments : OFTEN
11-across – Tone down a paint : TEMPERA
12-across – Dream of clergyman on lake : REVERIE
13-across – Contended for backing of French four : VIED
14-across – Direction taken by front vessel? : LEADERSHIP
15-across – Having more relish, trite as it may seem : TASTIER
17-across – Bird which fawns? : CREEPER
19-across – Leave soldiers to start division in France : DEPARTMENT
22-across – See the French one on low marsh ground : VLEI
23-across – He is notoriously hard on former player : EXACTOR
24-across – Secret container in a strange setting : ARCANUM
26-across – Fix again part of state servant’s retirement : RESET
27-across – Instrument to measure study in Hertfordshire : HARPENDEN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Precious stone for refined girl? : CULTIVATEDPEARL
2-down – Inoffensive weapon left in Nazi leader’s possession : HARMLESS
3-down – Watery pigment? : LAKE
4-down – Bird finding warmth in river : WHEATEAR
5-down – Worshipped by a party radical : ADORED
6-down – The opposite of talk : CONVERSE
7-down – Formality of leading performer at church : STARCH
8-down – Might Pinter later mean to become an MP? : ENTERPARLIAMENT
16-down – Provoke girl to take part in strange rite : IRRITATE
17-down – One in a hundred may be a weed : CENTAURY
18-down – Retraction by friend in poem : PALINODE
20-down – Reconstruction of Paris with energy wins commendation : PRAISE
21-down – Market expression for a girl : MARTHA
25-down – Boasted to the ship’s company : CREW

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22937 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22937 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22937 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Flexible tempo and spirit shortened, as is conductor’s stick : RUBATO
4-across – Several 25s with same problem, covered in kisses : XMASES
9-across – See 16 down : KING
10-across – On reflection they should see the paper? Cobblers! : THEMSELVES
11-across – Indian meal made a difference at home : TIFFIN
12-across – Walked over to small hill missing nothing in European city : DORTMUND
13-across – A dancing bear a Russian leader dismissed from square dancing position : ARABESQUE
15-across – Criticise sporting achievement : SLAM
16-across – Having run out of fuel, reverted to pudding : SAGO
17-across – Events with theistical application I avoided : ATHLETICS
21-across – Style of Japanese cooking fit ultimately for Tibetan bovine, eaten by ER II : TERIYAKI
22-across – Almost lose sight of what could be grotesque : GOBLIN
24-across – Craftsman of craft whips kinky Tory : SHIPWRIGHT
25-across – Present time for heartless book : NOEL
26-across – Number about to enter river, getting cold feet : NERVES
27-across – Girl sought by man who may be showing his age? : GEISHA

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Prince appears more wet? : RAINIER
2-down – 16 down 9’s dense mist rising among endless tiny individual individuals : BAGOF
3-down – Rising fat about to beat disease : TETANUS
5-down – 16 down 9’s shocking story time : MISERY
6-down – 16 down 9’s moles cooked in seasoning : SALEMSLOT
7-down – All about bird showing support for chest : STERNUM
8-down – 16 down 9’s seen upside down, swallowing heads of dinosaurs, frogs, unicorns and larvae on weird night : NEEDFULTHINGS
14-down – Oddly, being a pickpocket is a fair attraction : BIGDIPPER
16-down – ‘It’ was one of his favourites, written up for sort of party piece : STEPHEN
18-down – One benefiting from Arsenal header embraced by supporters : LEGATEE
19-down – Fire-breathing monster takes tea, entertaining emir eccentrically : CHIMERA
20-down – 16 down 9’s not quite made it to the other side? : CARRIE
23-down – See 2 : BONES

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22934 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22934 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22934 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – 12 ______ : SLEEPS
4-across – See 1 : WITHTHE
9-across – Trojan ‘ero in retreat returned like Stephen Fry at Dundee : RECTORIAL
10-across – Downcast not downcast? : UPSET
11-across – See 14 : WATER
12-across – The 27’s heavy, that’s him in France, trapping 100 rebellious Arabs : LUCABRASI
13-across – American-Italian exploiter lying about our times : PADRONE
15-across – Who’s machine? Is dat right? Wrong! : TARDIS
17-across – Illuminate with reflection from Sat-Nav aspect : SAVANT
19-across – Author-poet singularly 1across 4across 21 : KIPLING
22-across – Travel in time beyond it and back from Rome : ITINERATE
24-across – Scotsman rejected commercial spirit with water : NAIAD
26-across – Where one put up with Lawrence during the short vac : HOTEL
27-across – Family film sponsor : GODFATHER
28-across – Cat smooths the way? On the contrary! : STEVENS
29-across – S-stay behind for such a night with Van Gogh : STARRY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Drink around eight, get tight and flop : SCREWUP
2-down – Power held by eco-model, the centre of Disney’s future : EPCOT
3-down – Trouble with teeth: bad or ropey? Ah! : PYORRHOEA
4-down – Such strikers angry hearing Clause Four activist? : WILDCAT
5-down – Rule of this from a practised hand? : THUMB
6-down – Inaction’s disturbed the maestro : TOSCANINI
7-down – Involve leave with restrictions : ENTAIL
8-down – He’ll tak ye tae the quarry : GILLIE
14-down – Brokenhearted, wet and I can’t be resuscitated : DEADINTHE
16-down – Humble traveller in so much of France : REPENTANT
18-down – Mace a sergeant wielded en passant! : TEARGAS
19-down – Massages the figures with declared deficiencies : KNEADS
20-down – Evans, once keeper of, eg, dry pitches : GODFREY
21-down – See 1 across : FISHES
23-down – Girl of the Spanish fiction : ELLIE
25-down – French king rising to embrace Switzerland’s divine humour : ICHOR

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22933 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22933 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22933 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Macbeth at psychologist: go back out, shattered : SCOTTISH
5-across – Doctor’s round is so diverted by chitchat : GOSSIP
9-across – Make-up possible for ten days in mid-18th century? : LOSTTIME
10-across – Rabbit changing sides in African country : ANGORA
12-across – Withheld by mate in more glossy part of 1 8 : SLEEPWALKER
15-across – Gather there no getting out of hell : INFER
17-across – Standard judges’ 7 : BENCHMARK
18-across – Mate entertaining a judge without taking risks : CAREFULLY
19-across – Left in peace at a square in Madrid : PLAZA
20-across – Giving back the remains: I’m out of place in teaching : RESTITUTION
24-across – Excursion requested for the 26 7 : OUTING
25-across – Turn to applying leverage to rebellion : UPRISING
26-across – 1 8 12’s lost place : DAMNED
27-across – St Martin about to pass on : TRANSMIT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Sort of evangelistic technique from its chapels : SALESPITCH
2-down – Leaderless lads a long way into a limit comprising sea beds? : OYSTERFARM
3-down – Calculate figures applied to ram : TOTUP
4-down – I forsake Muslim bastion when worried by 12 : SOMNAMBULIST
6-down – No whisper about possession : OWNERSHIP
7-down – See 26 : SPOT
8-down – See 1 across and 22 : PLAY
11-down – Captain going round local yard – he’s dispensed with trunks : SKINNYDIPPER
13-down – Cooler Athenian expression heard to display irrational enthusiasm : FANATICISM
14-down – Stars on TV? : SKYATNIGHT
16-down – Allusion to character? : REFERENCE
21-down – Sore toe, not head, at wedding? : UNION
22-down – Logodaedaly or data-processing left in the street? : WORD
23-down – Stop and stalk : STEM

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

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