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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22856 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22856 clues and answers were published on Fri 13 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22856 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Old man used to land fish : GAFFER
5-across – Main part of evidence showing that Federal agents are holding right girl : GRAVAMEN
9-across – It’s attractive to phoney characters : HONEYPOT
10-across – Article taking one a little way to becoming a believer in God : THEIST
11-across – Star possessing great physical attraction? : HEAVENLYBODY
13-across – Where trouble’s expected to end in a fight : MILL
14-across – Businessman who takes a drink on the way back : IMPORTER
17-across – Call to rise as girls in the chorus do : SHOWALEG
18-across – It’s useless to instal one in the vehicle : VAIN
20-across – Carriage for one on patrol : PERAMBULATOR
23-across – Urge order in oil rig : LIBIDO
24-across – Not fit to appear in deshabille? : UNSUITED
25-across – Non-skaters who are in command? : OFFICERS
26-across – Model in synthetic resin from deposit in hot springs : SINTER

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – In a frenzy, though apparently claiming to be all right : AMOK
3-down – Another setback as the result of stiff breeze? : FRESHBLOW
4-down – The old familiar story traveller has to dine on : REPEAT
5-down – Sign of impending storm in crowd : GATHERINGCLOUDS
6-down – Animal seen to run on Mount Etna : ANTELOPE
7-down – Bitter and sour over some macabre calamity : ACERB
8-down – Simple working editors having no right to proceed cautiously : EASYDOESIT
12-down – Outstanding impression make by drunken replacement : HIGHRELIEF
15-down – Going back to the lapel lining’s number one fashion : REVERSION
16-down – Stick to drill, though wearisome to fellow members : CLUBBORE
19-down – Stoppage to assist reform : STASIS
21-down – Defence gets one bail improperly : ALIBI
22-down – Girl, we’re told, with characteristic responsibility : GENE

This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22855 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22855 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22855 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Boy backing into girl with soup : JULIENNE
9-across – Discharge from space sounded : RHEUM
10-across – Principal tree lacks origin : ARCH
11-across – Pain in Chirac’s brain? : FRENCHLOAF
12-across – European river drowning many trees : TIMBER
14-across – Drunk teenager’s drink : GREENTEA
15-across – Loaded question about movement of late : WEALTHY
17-across – English trees provides solution : EYEWASH
20-across – Cover provided by staff in bar : SCREWTOP
22-across – Sport Times featured in spring report : BOXING
23-across – Very particular language beats lucid translation : SUBDIALECT
24-across – Release the Whitechapel Three … : FREE
25-across – … as Arabs may be, here? : BASRA
26-across – Open course or open snack, perhaps? : SANDWICH

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Variable value makes requital variable : QUARTILE
2-down – Near thing topped off : NIGH
3-down – East Londoner’s to once more consider turning criminal : KNIFER
4-down – A 3 a 2 they say? : REVENGE
5-down – China and Cuba on stony ground : CROCKERY
6-down – Preparation for documents once Spooner’s transporting luggage : SEALINGWAX
7-down – Setter’s bloodless skewer : IMPALE
13-down – Tree died amid party nonsense : BALDERDASH
16-down – She has a certain charm, as Shakespeare would say : HATHAWAY
18-down – Punishment that’s capital to a point : SENTENCE
19-down – A letter’s read out to placate : APPEASE
21-down – Round a hundred, old man : CHUBBY
22-down – Bay is not bay when at sea : BOTANY
24-down – Brown, soft soap : FAWN

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22854 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22854 clues and answers were published on Wed 11 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22854 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Mo is a rascal concocting hair dressing : MACASSAROIL
9-across – Red truck beside quarry : CARMINE
10-across – Little girl with sitar stirred writer : DIARIST
11-across – Remains an outside agent for museum : ASHMOLEAN
12-across – Contemplate stocking superior dressing : GAUZE
13-across – Fellow hides in many an attic : LOFT
14-across – Stop and notice people getting tons of affection : ENDEARMENT
16-across – Man gets wind of betting system : MARTINGALE
19-across – Head of stable clipped tail : SCUT
21-across – One does not start a fire : INGLE
22-across – Establish escort eats whipped cream : DEMARCATE
24-across – English worker keeps on being stylish : ELEGANT
25-across – Punch hurts during capture : NAILSET
26-across – Amaryllis dresses badly without trendy husband : SHEPHERDESS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Relentless advance of harridan supporting a month of hype : MARCHOFPROGRESS
2-down – Company adopts style that’s capital : CAIRO
3-down – Girl lived under speakeasy : SHEBEEN
4-down – Joiner takes venture fairly slowly : ANDANTE
5-down – Empty-headed boy hides Rover in the greenhouse : ORANGERY
6-down – The unemployed lied wildly about certain Tory women : LEISUREDCLASSES
7-down – Bad writing makes Bob cringe : SCRAWL
8-down – The way a good man catches a plane, for example : STREET
15-down – Erudite student to recite : LITERATE
16-down – Miss fellow catching fish : MAIDEN
17-down – Try getting wife to contribute equally : GODUTCH
18-down – Both queen and barbarian, when put up, like thin plates : LAMINAR
20-down – Agreement for attempt to catch swallow : TREATY
23-down – Lift the beams, we’re told : RAISE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22853 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22853 clues and answers were published on Tue 10 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22853 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Not abridged, containing nothing hot or vulgar : UNCOUTH
5-across – Leave the country, making note sound discordant : MIGRATE
9-across – Relieved student in credit notes bloom : GLADIOLUS
10-across – See 14 : EARTH
11-across – Wanting life to be exact : DEAD
12-across – Firm, injurious, losing 1-0 to champion of 4 : COPERNICUS
14-across – Tolkien setting the converse of 4? : MIDDLE
15-across – Look determined in Lewis’s cupboards : CLOSETS
16-across – Revolt in Hell? Blast! : DISGUST
18-across – When to indicate or appoint : ASSIGN
20-across – Revolutionary racket is interrupting gift-bearer : SANDINISTA
21-across – Almost crumble in fire : FLAK
24-across – Letter of thanks appended to article : THETA
25-across – Compiler’s taking little time to recover by foul means : IMMORALLY
26-across – Employ model that’s wrong – his didn’t involve 4 : PTOLEMY
27-across – Fishermen’s labour organisation? : NETWORK

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Encouraged – lost canoe, but still encouraged! : URGED
2-down – Interlinked cap and hat with which I made bread : CHAPATI
3-down – An integral component of munitions : UNIT
4-down – Man turned fuel to money and island state to metropolis at 12’s suggestion : HELIOCENTRICITY
5-down – Paper about flower and ship by island expert : MASTERCRAFTSMAN
6-down – Naive sort of music with potentially catastrophic effect : GREENHOUSE
7-down – Gold staple pinning plate to ear : AURICLE
8-down – Oriental pushes off to ancient city : EPHESUS
13-down – Referee may notice Hardy hero embracing Italy fan : ADJUDICATE
16-down – Silly sod kept publishing : DESKTOP
17-down – Headless horseman disturbed the resort : SANREMO
19-down – One prisoner raised sign to champion of 4 : GALILEO
22-down – Canoe unaffected by capsizing : KAYAK
23-down – Feature of fingerboard causes worry : FRET

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22852 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22852 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22852 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Cause to move, but only as a temporary measure : MAKESHIFT
9-across – Light inside by request : PRAYER
10-across – Strike a number with financial liabilities as extortionate : RAPACIOUS
11-across – The French interview a tenant : LESSEE
12-across – Fish to be taken with a rod, that’s quite plain : PIKESTAFF
13-across – Artist’s fanciful representation of a watercourse : STRAIT
17-across – Reckon on a clergyman joining : ADD
19-across – A cake, but not of soap : BATHBUN
20-across – Smuggle staple food up the Mersey : RUNCORN
21-across – What every child wants at Christmas – trifle : TOY
23-across – This is played away from school : TRUANT
27-across – Love making complaint : AFFECTION
28-across – The country’s not in a mess! : NATION
29-across – Say so long as one can forget about work for a while : TAKELEAVE
30-across – Painter might appear a twister : TURNER
31-across – The risk coming with running water : ADVENTURE

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – A sheepish creature is one of a well-known trio : ARAMIS
3-down – Person avoiding making a point raved wildly : EVADER
4-down – Crowds around international leader and gives a boost : HOISTS
5-down – Blundered – took a meal outside on the windy side : FLUFFED
6-down – Out-of-the-ordinary police function : ARRESTING
7-down – Cosmetic promotion seen in viewer screen : EYESHADOW
8-down – A right toff in a South American country! : ARGENTINA
14-down – With reorganisation of station, be firm : OBSTINATE
15-down – Form certain to accept short setback with the start of term : STRUCTURE
16-down – Finding a party about over, left : ABANDONED
17-down – A social worker in Victorian times : ANT
18-down – Boring prohibitionist : DRY
22-down – Blase and far from satisfactory employee : OFFHAND
24-down – Think much of always having serving men around : REVERE
25-down – Swear when attending the big match! : ATTEST
26-down – The cleaner president : HOOVER

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

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