Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22908 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22908 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22908 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – It can be hammered in the pit : XYLOPHONE
10-across – Small piece of self-indulgence : ELFIN
11-across – Step taken to account for the bends : ECHELON
12-across – They stop interim arrangement : TERMINI
13-across – Sheltered from west-facing artillery : SNUG
14-across – Spelling power : WITCHCRAFT
15-across – Carry on in the theatre : OPERATE
17-across – President producing cut diamonds : MADISON
19-across – Household product of sugar field? : LIFEGUARDS
22-across – Demon start to rage and horrify us : RAHU
23-across – Garment with blue dot design : DOUBLET
24-across – Knowledgeable drivers? : CABBIES
26-across – Changing the 99 rules of behaviour : ETHIC
27-across – Solo recital sounds like a non-stereo record : MONOLOGUE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Fault in hose under wing? It’s ready for longer flight : EXTENSIONLADDER
2-down – Ivy was a sign of this bitter place : ALEHOUSE
3-down – A car in hopeless condition : OPEL
4-down – Two instruments accompanying dance : HORNPIPE
5-down – Spirit-tapping : PEPTIC
6-down – Cratered ground made into ledges : TERRACED
7-down – A Gulf War ends with CIA in confusion here : AFRICA
8-down – Judge in nude cavorting! That’s not unusual : UNDISTINGUISHED
16-down – She’s a cake decorator : ANGELICA
17-down – Doctors’ dance held in the gym? : MEDICINE
18-down – They’re left when the planes’s taken off : SHAVINGS
20-down – What boxer did following tough preparation? : FOUGHT
21-down – A maths problem? Its victims think it’s a wheeze : ASTHMA
25-down – See 17 : BALL

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22907 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22907 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22907 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Exceptional hit to get pigeon with gun that’s no good : HOMERUN
5-across – Scrap involving American gunman creates scene of confusion : BEARPIT
9-across – Girl takes vehicle to US city : CARLA
10-across – Rebuke players getting one wicket? : CASTIGATE
11-across – Nasty smell with vessel in kitchen going over – little encouragement to enjoy food! : BONAPPETIT
12-across – Half the folk at university wanted virile young man : STUD
14-across – A girl, British one aflame with yen to show appeal to her man? : ADORABILITY
18-across – Yes, aprons go messy herein : GREASYSPOON
21-across – Our duty is to embrace a foreign language : URDU
22-across – Sham argument from one of the foreign secretary’s supporters? : MANOFSTRAW
25-across – Agitator expected to hold them enthralled : DEMAGOGUE
26-across – Man losing head on island is from Des Moines, perhaps : IOWAN
27-across – In international, Matthews could be twinkling : INSTANT
28-across – One of the porters’ conveyances they trundle for hospital : TROLLEY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – King’s wife in explosive country : HECUBA
2-down – Yarn from doctor about Ireland : MERINO
3-down – Judge again is to receive plaudits : REAPPRAISE
4-down – Hard substance containing nitrogen on part of the estate? : NACRE
5-down – Fuss after former Arsenal player’s given old-fashioned punishment : BASTINADO
6-down – Got down the catalogue of those coming first, not second : ALIT
7-down – Fruit that’s unattractive with insect in it : PLANTAIN
8-down – Pick times for listeners – slots near the middle of the week : TUESDAYS
13-down – Musical instruction briefly conveyed by Suppe : PIANISSIMO
15-down – Attack on street stifling roar maybe : ONSLAUGHT
16-down – Idea sung about in part of Mass : AGNUSDEI
17-down – Old women could provide bed and meals : BELDAMES
19-down – The alien plant must come up using this? : TROWEL
20-down – Bird starts to kiss you, showing off : SWANKY
23-down – Hidden? Not initially – anything but : OVERT
24-down – Modern drug knocking six out in Indian city : AGRA

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22906 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22906 clues and answers were published on Mon 11 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22906 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Swiftly booked traveller : GULLIVER
9-across – Usual pattern followed by an Anglo-Saxon conqueror : NORMAN
10-across – Shot for security reasons? : BOLT
11-across – Concerned, but not impartial : INTERESTED
12-across – Foremen’s outright blunders : GAFFES
14-across – Not playing – cancelled coach : OFFSTAGE
15-across – Pays out and relaxes : UNWINDS
17-across – New cadet or old soldier : REDCOAT
20-across – Could be another’s fishing ground : NORTHSEA
22-across – German sub : ERSATZ
23-across – Very different from East Poplar : POLESAPART
24-across – A touch of style : DASH
25-across – Make fast? : STARVE
26-across – Bottom gear : KNICKERS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – The English way? Ah, no! But a foreign sort : AUTOBAHN
2-down – Uninteresting piece of scenery : FLAT
3-down – Profits from propagating salvia : AVAILS
4-down – Speech from Love on the Dole? : ORATION
5-down – An incoming charge : ENTRYFEE
6-down – Supporters with lots of hard facts : BRASSTACKS
7-down – Unsavoury scoundrel : BADEGG
13-down – Timorous person, eager to acquire the skill : FAINTHEART
16-down – In poor health, expired taking the waters : DISEASED
18-down – Flair shown when skill is added to effort : ARTISTRY
19-down – Frolic in springtime? Nonsense! : MALARKY
21-down – How a witness may appear to Noah in new guise : ONOATH
22-down – Involve in late changes : ENTAIL
24-down – Noble king in appropriate setting : DUKE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22904 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22904 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22904 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – H is for icing on the cake : FINISHINGTOUCH
9-across – It’s carried on a sleigh : LUGGAGE
10-across – One who might incur blame going round in a posh car ? : RAMBLER
11-across – Retreating soldiers cover leading Egyptian officer : EMEER
12-across – Girls’ neat figures? : TRIANGLES
13-across – Manipulator hates to trouble about work : OSTEOPATH
14-across – Add 1 across to a party of sailors… : ADORN
15-across – … sailor aboard takes a lead : STARS
17-across – Cunningly planned distribution of cigarettes : STRATEGIC
20-across – 18th century spin doctor? : ARKWRIGHT
22-across – Note a mere drop of medicine : MINIM
23-across – The sign of spun jute : HENGIST
24-across – She repels Nick with a triumphant laugh : NATASHA
25-across – Many set free by military leader : GENERALAMNESTY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Same touch in disguise? : FALSEMOUSTACHE
2-down – Many gentle types show lack of attention : NEGLECT
3-down – Fixers in flight for 15, Dior fashion : STAIRRODS
4-down – Reactionary tendency of a tier in administration : INERTIA
5-down – 1 across could be gaudy, if lacking heart : GARNISH
6-down – The sultan was a great guy : OSMAN
7-down – Taken short, state needs a toilet after West Indian greens : CALALOO
8-down – You are owners of a gift shop : PRESENTCOMPANY
14-down – Relative loses time gathering fruit – a mindless worker : AUTOMATON
16-down – Obliquely request an Anglican : ASKANCE
17-down – Pointed 15 : SAGITTA
18-down – Deterioration reported beneath a building : ROTUNDA
19-down – See sign giving origin : GENESIS
21-down – Demolish, they say, or the reverse : RAISE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22903 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22903 clues and answers were published on Thu 07 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22903 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Mount which has to gallop faster? : RUSHMORE
9-across – Macho man breaking into cold sweat : CLINT
10-across – Buzzer now loud? : WASP
11-across – Shield appearing cute on chest, almost battered : ESCUTCHEON
12-across – What’s left of delicate fabric, say, pocketed : LEGACY
14-across – More remote country shortly getting vital organ, but not heart : CHILLIER
15-across – Noted man being taken to court, this the result? : VERDICT
17-across – Doubly the 22 across and the 3 with 9 26 : THEGOOD
20-across – One Greek character in exam is most irritable : ITCHIEST
22-across – Came together to catch Satan headless, as Satan is : WICKED
23-across – Energy to express one’s disgust? : GETUPANDGO
24-across – Yanks cut short skirt : TUTU
25-across – Titan’s assault sounded in retreat? : ATLAS
26-across – See 9 : EASTWOOD

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – African girl maintaining Europeans : SUDANESE
2-down – See 24 : SHIP
3-down – Plain would be otherwise, if hot were cold : HOMELY
4-down – Bird establishing a business in what hen does : PEACOCK
5-down – Royal meeting leaderless immigrant finally changed his nationality : SCOTTISH
6-down – Rocky, light and cool, I suspect : LITHOLOGIC
7-down – Flasher’s way to dress : STROBE
13-down – See 17 : ANDTHEUGLY
16-down – Rescuer returned in case adult disappeared into glacial fissure : CREVASSE
18-down – Passed open book, skipping introduction : OVERTOOK
19-down – Considers settling disputes when penniless : STUDIES
21-down – See 17 : THEBAD
22-down – Question put to topless Spice Girl sounds like it went straight over her head? : WHOOSH
24-down – Settlement to beat North/South divides : TOWN

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

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