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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22882 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22882 clues and answers were published on Mon 14 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22882 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Head comes off optical instrument, but it’s still going : EXTANT
4-across – Cannonball? : POMPOM
9-across – Mole that is infiltrating public relations : PIER
10-across – A sign that a professional man is prepared to do business : BRASSPLATE
11-across – Yarn that’s embroidered : CREWEL
12-across – Annul, even in court? : SETASIDE
13-across – Patch up one’s differences with Thackeray? : MAKEPEACE
15-across – Space to turn round and berth : MOOR
16-across – Take off a ring, we hear : PEEL
17-across – Fit to do the job with reservations : QUALIFIED
21-across – Split seen in a sexy dress? : CLEAVAGE
22-across – A charming thing to wear : AMULET
24-across – Cacti lend a different look to a flat, perhaps : ACCIDENTAL
25-across – State without a health centre : UTAH
26-across – Ann set out for French town : NANTES
27-across – Kept going, having support : STAYED

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – When free, retire to a place abroad : ERITREA
2-down – Project to cause confusion : THROW
3-down – Unable to fix bearing of stars : NEBULAE
5-down – Attacks aimed at badgers? : ONSETS
6-down – Eliminate European cricket side : POLISHOFF
7-down – He produces a pass when charged : MATADOR
8-down – Mass in its full version : MASSACHUSETTS
14-down – The height of architectural draughtsmanship : ELEVATION
16-down – Kind of crossing made by Drake’s ship : PELICAN
18-down – It’s not bound to be distributed : LEAFLET
19-down – Small type of gem : EMERALD
20-down – Animal disease going round English riding school : MANEGE
23-down – There’s a lot of interest taken in it : USURY

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22880 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22880 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22880 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – American diffidence where dollars are involved : FEDERALRESERVE
8-across – Paint spray is not appropriate : INAPT
9-across – Give one a ring : AFFIANCE
11-across – Idiots – old ones possibly : NOODLES
12-across – One takes a bow, still shaky after church : CELLIST
13-across – Party unknown to a foreign country : LIBYA
15-across – Resort to the nether regions and corruption : DISREPAIR
17-across – French – base breed, rough but cultivated : FLOWERBED
20-across – Ruth contains first example of devotion : PIETY
21-across – Arbiter of cooked delicacy : RAREBIT
23-across – Nazi thugs in vulgar military expedition : CRUSADE
25-across – It was the making of the first lady : SPARERIB
26-across – Plant when season’s not begun : INTER
27-across – Once gay, perhaps with reason to do with women : GYNAECOLOGICAL

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Amicable source of warmth that can be lethal : FRIENDLYFIRE
2-down – Stars manage without motoring organisation : DRACO
3-down – Back pay given new priority : RETALIATE
4-down – Ladies one might have formed a connection with : LIAISED
5-down – Rubs out spot embodying greasy spoon repulsion : EFFACES
6-down – Zola doesn’t end without a message : EMAIL
7-down – Can active culture protect against disease? : VACCINATE
10-down – Flyer turns to Meryl Streep out east : STORMYPETREL
14-down – Book of Life : BIOGRAPHY
16-down – Embracing clairvoyance, employing nothing intermediate : ESPOUSING
18-down – City : BUTYRIC
19-down – Sound measure of tenth Babylonian deity? : DECIBEL
22-down – Rising friction over small vehicle’s personal cover : BURKA
24-down – Grotesque figure derived from the manticore : ANTIC

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22879 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22879 clues and answers were published on Thu 10 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22879 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – 4’s wrong sound with head tucked away : TORTOISE
9-across – 4 takes some of its letters and its number back : VIPER
10-across – Useless film where group of rugby players run away : SCUM
11-across – 4 writhing astern in trail of boat : WATERSNAKE
12-across – Might those seeking this have a problem accommodating Daily Mail’s conclusions, ultimately? : ASYLUM
14-across – Satirical pieces producing whack on nose sent back : LAMPOONS
15-across – Horny beast imagined finding garment ripped, models having fled : UNICORN
17-across – Divorce the result of smack during meal, losing head : UNHITCH
20-across – Disheartened male or female going round shops and post office, appearing rash? : SMALLPOX
22-across – Rich continental couple securing central England for Spain : DELUXE
23-across – One dedicated to retaining the pound argued about pound being quaint : OLDEWORLDE
24-across – Creature from 1-0 and 2-0? : NEWT
25-across – 4 means business with spoilt child, finally gone : COBRA
26-across – 4 finds one fish in catch hauled over : TERRAPIN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – 4’s shoe : MOCCASIN
2-down – Time to manoeuvre to gain entry : ITEM
3-down – Personal cover generous? Not right, so brave to be under it? : WIGWAM
4-down – Penny goes in to renovate bathroom scales on one : REPTILE
5-down – Morality play for himself? : EVERYMAN
6-down – Failing prison also for godparents : SPONSORIAL
7-down – Defeated by gun just loaded : BROKEN
13-down – Close game which is different or called close : LOCALDERBY
16-down – Criticism for and against in one side of Madrid : REPROVAL
18-down – Neighbour to stroke cow is an eccentric accepting kiss : COXSWAIN
19-down – Swimmer stuffing non-starter – much left! : AXOLOTL
21-down – 4 to skulk around lake : MOLOCH
22-down – Boring, boring Arsenal’s centre behind front two : DREARY
24-down – Straight into 9, a 3 : NEAT

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22878 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22878 clues and answers were published on Wed 09 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22878 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Ralph got to marry the captain’s daughter and torture a cabinet minister : RACKSTRAW
6-across – Ungrammatical vermin in 5 : ALICE
9-across – See 17 : THELOOKINGGLASS
10-across – See 13 : SOUP
11-across – Favourite : PETALOUS
14-across – Platonic or Hegelian concept would nearly encompass maverick lords : WORLDSOUL
15-across – Boy turns to beast when fighting addiction : DETOX
16-across – Press baron? : TITLE
18-across – A chessman or three like good eggs : KINGSPAWN
20-across – Man at bridge wants Hearts or a different suit : HORATIUS
21-across – Footman in 5 – croquet, reportedly? : FROG
25-across – 2 articles hardly do what can’t be done : SQUARETHECIRCLE
26-across – Disposition of doublet, hose, etc : ETHOS
27-across – He spies it out by addition of letters : EPITHESIS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Values a means of revenue : RATES
2-down – Board for 18 and vet, they say : CHEQUER
3-down – Talk of : SHOP
4-down – Libertine or collector : RAKE
5-down – Scene of 12 giving the first part of 14 across an end : WONDERLAND
6-down – To enlarge silver and a bit of gold currency is ecstasy : AGGRANDISE
7-down – Setting of 3 or 6 across after 3’s conversion – I take grass : INABOUT
8-down – Essex man’s instrument’s piercing tone’s a problem : EASTSAXON
12-down – What were the chances of 5 in a set? : ADVENTURES
13-down – Dove like this in replica, beautiful stuff in 5 : MOCKTURTLE
14-down – What is the result of speeding? : WITHHASTE
17-down – Where 6 across went from time to time, should he : THROUGH
19-down – Ox of history or ox of oratory? : AUROCHS
22-down – Found in morgues, some who were shot : GUESS
23-down – Maker of priestly garments? : LEVI
24-down – Footman in 5, said to be somewhat officious : FISH

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22877 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22877 clues and answers were published on Tue 08 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22877 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Society gossip to 5? He should be arrested! : STALKER
5-across – No nonsense – 20’s pitch is the brightest : DOGSTAR
10-across – Break fall with control : REST
11-across – Working hard with officer in Cabinet : CHIFFONIER
12-across – At 19, as 18 said, you cannot be 5 : SIRIUS
13-across – 1 of 2 say 24’s lines : COLLIERY
14-across – Burning without flames as John Brown’s body did : ASMOULDER
16-across – Chicago’s said to be nervous : WINDY
17-across – Shot during 19’s break : SMASH
19-across – Maiden bowled in matches here? Unlikely! : WIMBLEDON
23-across – Puts up with family headgear : BEARSKIN
24-across – Girl’s 5? : LASSIE
26-across – Fool’s paradise as retreating lines start to march in fear : DREAMWORLD
27-across – See 10 : RAIN
28-across – Healing plant yields a ton : CENTURY
29-across – Washed up is what Old Trafford is : AGROUND

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Prime ministers said by 18 to describe 19 : THEPITS
3-down – What some Asians call a thick stick? : LATHI
4-down – Allowance made for Conservative with sexual deviation : EXCUSAL
6-down – No life can be recorded : ONFILE
7-down – Delicate – meaning it’s with intravenous injection : SENSITIVE
8-down – Sworn when a 5 went wrong : AVERRED
9-down – Up to you to record conservative’s current departure : DISCRETIONARY
15-down – Watchful man died first : OBSERVANT
18-down – First of champonship’s players accepting line call? : MCENROE
20-down – Clip showing male animals : BULLDOG
21-down – Vegetable inspiring holy thought : OPINION
22-down – Pinner has gardens bordered by southeast’s river : SKEWER
25-down – Rubber ball’s so round : SORBO

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

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