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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22884 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22884 clues and answers were published on Wed 16 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22884 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Show forbearance : PATIENCE
5-across – Glib talk more exactly to the purpose : PATTER
9-across – Refutation of argument about singer and a novice : REBUTTAL
10-across – Point in dismay to supplication : APPEAL
11-across – Curse old city and shed tear : EXECRATE
12-across – Specimen of Southern Liberal : SAMPLE
14-across – Flower centres have freedom from disturbance : HEARTSEASE
18-across – Still no variations? : ALLTHESAME
22-across – Turning embarrassed after information on sex discrimination : GENDER
23-across – Is unable to include cooker in agreement : COVENANT
24-across – Makes adjustments for girl having second thoughts about head teacher : ADAPTS
25-across – Underworld flower of calamity : DISASTER
26-across – Clamour a book brought to Belgian town : DINANT
27-across – Seer turning coy on investigation : RESEARCH

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – He can carry drink : PORTER
2-down – Competent to enter race for inscribed panel : TABLET
3-down – Measure old apparel without omission : ENTIRE
4-down – Map to employ again after drink : CHARTREUSE
6-down – Evaluate Paris fashion without copy : APPRAISE
7-down – Actor writing article on Spain, perhaps : THESPIAN
8-down – Feeling less anxious when deputy has taken over : RELIEVED
13-down – It makes for resilience to set up market on River Nile, perhaps : TRAMPOLINE
15-down – Man watching vehicle for leaders : VANGUARD
16-down – Worker in clear at banana plant : PLANTAIN
17-down – Heartbroken figure may be menace : THREATEN
19-down – Argument on what society girl took in : DEBATE
20-down – He vacillates with noose : HALTER
21-down – Stiffness of celebrity at church : STARCH

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22883 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22883 clues and answers were published on Tue 15 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22883 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – 10 23, solvers’ bequests : WHATYOUWILL
9-across – The other way the old chap ran : MANAGED
10-across – Not the 21 23 of the play : TWELFTH
11-across – Money makes society dreadful : SCHILLING
12-across – Buck keeping wife within call : ORIBI
13-across – Man’s first question: what to put on one’s face? : MASK
14-across – Man-eater, a little bit upset – he’s on an old ship : WHITESHARK
16-across – See 6 : THENYOUDIE
19-across – 14, say, in brief, is hunted : FISH
21-across – No. 1 Conifer Street : FIRST
22-across – Sort of gardens unfamiliar to Caliban : BOTANICAL
24-across – Make compulsory letter for the church : ENFORCE
25-across – Don’t start having a baby when on the throne : REGNANT
26-across – Happy about wine and coke, given a spring : ELASTICATED

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Hoists terrific lot with the Spanish gun : WINCHESTERRIFLE
2-down – Backer in the wings? : ANGEL
3-down – Homework upset handsome man, hence the language : YIDDISH
4-down – Nervous or disapproving? Leave your bed and get drunk : UPTIGHT
5-down – I unexpectedly echo the custom of cold storage : ICEHOUSE
6-down – She-canine hid abode – futility shown here : LIFEISABITCHAND
7-down – Worthies with a whole bag for rumination : OMASUM
8-down – Psychotherapist’s contract : SHRINK
15-down – The ray is possibly not the controlling factor : HYSTERIA
16-down – Snob nose? : TOFFEE
17-down – Wretched bun cooked in case : UNBLEST
18-down – Jaundiced view of English critic : ICTERIC
20-down – Rock salt – draw round it : HALITE
23-down – See 10 : NIGHT

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

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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.

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