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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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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22960 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22960 clues and answers were published on Mon 13 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22960 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Man of affairs : DONJUAN
5-across – Tried writing to the editor : ESSAYED
10-across – Chopped and changed when solving this clue : HEWN
11-across – Witchcraft : BROOMSTICK
12-across – Father’s bird is no longer in her prime! : PASTIT
13-across – Pig in fat calls for old port : LARBOARD
14-across – Recommended a course in physics : PRESCRIBE
16-across – General stall : BOOTH
17-across – It’s loud for a musical note : FORTE
19-across – Serious measure needed for those that are late : GRAVEYARD
23-across – Members of this society have a lot in common : AFFLUENT
24-across – Settles for cat food : LIGHTS
26-across – Magazine for women? : POWDERROOM
27-across – Lovely article in wood : FAIR
28-across – Eccentricity of uneven quality : ODDNESS
29-across – He enters the office uninvited : USURPER

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Frank! Look out! : OPENAIR
3-down – Girl making article in stone : JANET
4-down – He will try to cook rarebit : ARBITER
6-down – Gloomy with ulcer: a case for the doctor : SOMBRE
7-down – A choice literary gathering : ANTHOLOGY
8-down – Right in, but it’s taken out : EXCERPT
9-down – Concert party in an arrangement of hues : COLLABORATION
15-down – Become comfortably established in seat on row : SETTLEDIN
18-down – Jettison a mouldy cargo : OFFLOAD
20-down – Masses of books : VOLUMES
21-down – Sailor comes up a rope – this one? : RATLINE
22-down – Stones left in fruit : PEARLS
25-down – Prefer to attack : GOFOR

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22958 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22958 clues and answers were published on Fri 10 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22958 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Dickensian, mad about food : PEGGOTTY
5-across – Flee city in the rain : DECAMP
9-across – Capital asset supports family : BEARSKIN
10-across – Copper has last word about judgement : ACUMEN
11-across – Swimmer put the Parisian through the window : LANCELET
12-across – Waif shows vital energy when boarding vessel : URCHIN
14-across – Vagrant’s old job being a bouncer : TRAMPOLINE
18-across – Waterway worker has food in cupboard : LOCKKEEPER
22-across – Fool makes a full stop approaching a road : DOTARD
23-across – Raise case being resolved tardily : ESCALATE
24-across – Obtain endless happiness : ELICIT
25-across – Put at risk the outcome with ill-temper : ENDANGER
26-across – Nobody keeps a German in a state of immaturity : NONAGE
27-across – Ringing factory without information : PLANGENT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Footballer collects books of calculus : PEBBLE
2-down – Monitor shot girl : GOANNA
3-down – Some teddy boys terrorised native : OYSTER
4-down – Cloth samples found in bathroom : TOILETRIES
6-down – Is in Paris holding shipment of delicacy : ESCARGOT
7-down – Badly cram stuffing into furniture : ARMCHAIR
8-down – Swan formerly on sovereign’s banner : PENONCEL
13-down – Detached and processed iron sample : IMPERSONAL
15-down – Prepare glue, bond and stick : BLUDGEON
16-down – Cutter cut boy of an ancient region : SCYTHIAN
17-down – Drink absorbed in smart fabric : SKIRTING
19-down – An African leader in prison in the Promised Land : CANAAN
20-down – Hang many a crook : DANGLE
21-down – Feel sorry for river bird : REGRET

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22957 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22957 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22957 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

4-across – Slimy, backward dregs of humanity embracing Open University : MUCOUS
6-across – Hard rain falling on the dragon : HARRIDAN
9-across – Substandard rum to toss around : SHODDY
10-across – Corral by which holy man keeps house in state : OKLAHOMA
11-across – Failure is about to enter partnership : MISCARRIAGE
15-across – The worst place one can be – in pocket of thin coat : SHELLAC
17-across – Inmate arranged early start for show : MATINEE
18-across – Protest, showing some degenerate tarts no mercy in return : REMONSTRATE
22-across – Medic has a try to catch little monster : DRAGONET
23-across – Races into trunk, displaying courage : BOTTLE
24-across – Shocked at Turin Shroud, initially – one revealing body : NATURIST
25-across – Woman in wild is wild woman : MAENAD

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Barren setting for model and German artist : TUNDRA
2-down – Game finds defender loading empty gun with bullets : BACKGAMMON
3-down – Alternative title for books on decoration : ORNAMENT
4-down – Motorway pile-up with hospital involved: a confused mess : MISHMASH
5-down – Unknown hack to go to court over dish : CHOPSUEY
7-down – Rising temper is a foregone conclusion : DOOM
8-down – Ungenerous approach : NEAR
12-down – Reward fellow member in strangely serene surroundings : RECOMPENSE
13-down – Release catch and have wild fun with a gun : UNFASTEN
14-down – Father, perhaps, to tear about continually : REVEREND
16-down – Left fat pig inside : LARBOARD
19-down – Hammer-wielder taking short chopper to chest : THORAX
20-down – A place to hide the port : ADEN
21-down – Speaking philosopher’s jargon : CANT

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

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