Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22843 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22843 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22843 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Texan should remember to remove ends from sausage with love : ALAMO
10-across – This is asking for trouble … Who I use to iron : HOUSEWIFE
11-across – Spend more scattering a bit of flower seed : ENDOSPERM
12-across – Opposites preserving time for 8 : LAGER
13-across – Note writer, one will take risks : GAMBLER
15-across – Leader of guides and peaceful girl turning a hundred in a class of their own : GENERIC
17-across – Some theorem appears to transform a function once more : REMAP
18-across – Encourage – say good : EGG
20-across – Go back to amateur operator writing system of old : OGHAM
22-across – Round the bend a river ebbing, seeking stones on the way : MACADAM
25-across – 31 of second insult incomplete : SAFFRON
26-across – Mendicant service revolves around religion : FRIAR
27-across – Yet what’s said to reflect art is art! : STILLLIFE
30-across – Poor state of Alabama in hell hit badly : ILLHEALTH
31-across – Jelly topped with drug brings excitement : SPICE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – 31 club : MACE
2-down – 31 for king, perhaps, taking a little time to mature, initially : CARDAMOM
3-down – My editor’s a stud! : BOSS
4-down – Stretcher made of sandalwood? : SHOETREE
5-down – 31 girl with fan on top : NUTMEG
6-down – Unfashionable Duke caught by aristocrat, given reprimand : TELLINGOFF
7-down – 31 girl … : GINGER
8-down – possibly with it to wear the crown? : BEER
13-down – 31 bringing torment turning up in the morning, sadly in the morning brought up : GARAM
14-down – I said pearl should be reset – by us? : LAPIDARIES
16-down – 31 to enter, if mispronounced? : CUMIN
19-down – In the beginning, God provided a minor form of illumination : GASLIGHT
21-down – Rich, or if poor, frightful : HORRIFIC
23-down – 31 not what it’s supposed to be, they say : CHILLI
24-down – See 13 : MASALA
26-down – Just for entertainment : FAIR
28-down – Record of composer heard : LIST
29-down – Description of number, but not the first? : EVEN

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22842 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22842 clues and answers were published on Wed 28 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22842 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – A hot steam work-out that will stop bleeding : HAEMOSTAT
10-across – Hat or necklace or armband redhead removed : TOQUE
11-across – Thatcher’s injunction for Tim to embrace Sloppy Joe : REJOICE
12-across – Not prepared for any rude letters : UNREADY
13-across – Smyrna now is water, so to speak : IZMIR
14-across – Token for hop-picker going to pot : POKERCHIP
16-across – Knotty Ash, perhaps, ends sound work by Hawthorne : TANGLEWOODTALES
19-across – Chaps : ROYALFERN
21-across – Be a fool about a lady of rank : BEGUM
22-across – Crusoe’s original place in Scotland : SELKIRK
23-across – Arrogance demonstrated in flashback by film director : HAUTEUR
24-across – Capital before Tokyo rose – or Tokyo collapsed? : KYOTO
25-across – Member of ruling class in naked drug orgy! : GRANDDUKE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Part of circuit training beginning with the morris dance? : THERMISTOR
2-down – Poet finding no rhyme for Jeremy Bentham, unfortunately : BETJEMAN
3-down – After the end of winter a tree appears more promising : ROSIER
4-down – Pen must go on top of escritoire – there’s a problem with the lid : STYE
5-down – Vehicle delayed initially in snowdrift is made late : STRUCKDOWN
6-down – High spot for Jack entertained by Jacobin : MTARARAT
7-down – Game crowd : SQUASH
8-down – Company getting past, holding up victory in Europe : BEVY
14-down – Rough pegs worked in potentially explosive situations : POWDERKEGS
15-down – Stiff examination : POSTMORTEM
17-down – Sweet ship? That’s good? : LOLLIPOP
18-down – Woody’s line of fire : LIGNEOUS
20-down – Chicken or canary, perhaps : YELLOW
21-down – They may be beaten in spring : BOUNDS
22-down – A drink for Pete’s follower : SAKE
23-down – Kid giving old Vietnamese leader a kiss : HOAX

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22841 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22841 clues and answers were published on Tue 27 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22841 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

4-across – Engaged with reporter’s stronghold : FOUGHT
6-across – See 13 : OFHEALTH
9-across – Very brief support : SECOND
10-across – Soviet leader to fall within a month : ANDROPOV
11-across – Same changes in time and money to swallow : HOUSEMARTIN
15-across – See 1 : WOULDBE
17-across – Inside – almost outside – the front page is lacking in taste : INSIPID
18-across – Unusually vigorous work of a model student in Greece : EMERGETICAL
22-across – Greek island sound with Method actors on the move : ROADSHOW
23-across – How much for a horse? : AMOUNT
24-across – Hustling needed to get heater : SUNLIGHT
25-across – Half 19 having a peep at you : VOYEUR

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Risk a penalty without aspiring to be slim and good? Impossible! : CHANCE
2-down – See1 : AFINETHING
3-down – Directions in heraldry : BEARINGS
4-down – Seek compliments and purchaser for recovered raptor : FISHHAWK
5-down – Greasy hook lifted out to be inserted : UNCTUOUS
7-down – Take long strides to cut-off point : LOPE
8-down – Construct a heaven for people who are puzzling to an establishment that keeps them at a little distance and see what’s in it for you : HAVE
12-down – See 8 : ANEYETOTHE
13-down – Beekeeping : APICTURE
14-down – I’m on my knees and my performance is deferred : IDOLATER
16-down – Hide from horned beast : DEERSKIN
19-down – Drum generated by piper? : TOMTOM
20-down – Members getting their 3? : ARMS
21-down – See 8 : MAIN

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22840 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22840 clues and answers were published on Mon 26 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22840 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Did work badly: student chucked out : BUNGLED
5-across – Takes in with the eyes of a sailor : ABSORBS
10-across – One with old-fashioned image : IDOL
11-across – Damaged car in tense passing situation : TRANSIENCE
12-across – Where you’ll find screws on the door : PRISON
13-across – His aim is perfection : DEADSHOT
14-across – Sound evidence of the presence of trippers : FOOTFALLS
16-across – An entrance of ornamental stone : AGATE
17-across – Article written about the professional stage, perhaps : APRON
19-across – These voices were heard in Xanadu : ANCESTRAL
23-across – All being well, it should be empty : HOSPITAL
24-across – Fits and starts : SPASMS
26-across – Corner at 90 : RIGHTANGLE
27-across – Bill about a land measure : ACRE
28-across – Drawing instrument traditionally boxed : COMPASS
29-across – Not far out in marine navigation : INSHORE

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Experience diminished energy : UNDERGO
3-down – Flag raised when there are festivities : GALAS
4-down – Result of converting sea into land : ESTONIA
6-down – Conductor caused public transport to stop : BUSBAR
7-down – Give short change in error : OVERSIGHT
8-down – Withdraw, having a slipped disc : BACKOUT
9-down – Fly family with extensive members : DADDYLONGLEGS
15-down – Nothing unusually posh in a voyage in this : TROOPSHIP
18-down – It may qualify as part of an agreement : PROVISO
20-down – Orders are sent from Asia : EASTERN
21-down – Throw out married lover : ADMIRER
22-down – Animals unleashed on society? : STRAYS
25-down – A party put down : ABASH

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22838 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22838 clues and answers were published on Fri 23 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22838 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Make safe application, getting overfed first : DEFUSE
4-across – Differentiate flow : STREAM
9-across – Crucial juncture to clue on purpose? : POINTOFNORETURN
10-across – Nurses start to show sign of affection : CARESS
11-across – Reminder that middle of alphabet gets unsteady income : MNEMONIC
12-across – Language of island issuin’ challenge : MANDARIN
14-across – Throw’s thrown, mould’s moulded and 9’s passed : THEDIE
15-across – See 14 : ISCAST
18-across – Artist takes a line about currency : MONETARY
21-across – Flourish on husks and meal : BRANDISH
22-across – Drink putrid stuff in commotion : RUMPUS
24-across – Perchance to dream amid religious images – pass 9 : CROSSTHERUBICON
25-across – Lecher said to glow : LUSTRE
26-across – Papers not beginning to cover city break : RECESS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Light entertainment for 10 in play : DIORAMA
2-down – Hurdle in Fenchurch : FENCE
3-down – Patron to trail round the poles : SPONSOR
5-down – Charge for accommodation under hill 4 : TORRENT
6-down – Edited text about traveller without inhibitions : EXTROVERT
7-down – Drink suggests cunning ways to get into skirt : MARTINI
8-down – Marker of time, wearing no monocle, it not all there : GNOMON
13-down – Number needing help to get up is the doctor’s report : DIAGNOSIS
16-down – Solar system receiving gold for the sisters : SORORAL
17-down – Giggle about women, as birds do : TWITTER
18-down – Many have mistaken Lehar for a composer : MAHLER
19-down – Bringing up to run true to form : NURTURE
20-down – Shrill and unrefined, they say, taking care of the Guardian : RAUCOUS
23-down – The state of the compiler – covered in hair! : MAINE

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

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