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.

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22876 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22876 clues and answers were published on Mon 07 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22876 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – She saw wartime service in the field : LANDGIRL
9-across – Hunger is sharp about morning : FAMINE
10-across – Morsel for a cat : ATOM
11-across – Generous daily help, albeit disorganised : CHARITABLE
12-across – Hard worker in the city sacked long ago : TROJAN
14-across – Any crest may indicate it : ANCESTRY
15-across – An epic tour of the Greek islands : ODYSSEY
17-across – Leg spinners out for a catch : SPIDERS
20-across – One of a pair that may click at dances : CASTANET
22-across – Racial tension? : STRAIN
23-across – Food is dear, needs additional money : SWEETBREAD
24-across – Flagstone? : JADE
25-across – A niche for a fellow about fifty : ALCOVE
26-across – Agree to fight the case : MATCHBOX

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Beaten up with flour, egg and milk : BATTERED
2-down – Female married the first man to appear : ADAM
3-down – Nicola may be picked up by a mechanic : OILCAN
4-down – Girl can put up a calendar : ALMANAC
5-down – Lawful arrest made by an honest policeman : AFAIRCOP
6-down – As a diplomat, he is seen in capitals : AMBASSADOR
7-down – His bank account is often misleading : ANGLER
13-down – Exactly what is wanted in a situation : JUSTTHEJOB
16-down – Honoured with high rank in the finish : ENNOBLED
18-down – Spot of wet weather : RAINDROP
19-down – New masters selected academic groups : STREAMS
21-down – It follows a gale at sea, too : ASWELL
22-down – Possibly seated and quite composed : SEDATE
24-down – British painter, Constable for example? : JOHN

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22874 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22874 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22874 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Foreign translation of one declared to be lacking expression : UNSAID
4-across – Derivative, tasteless film-making process : OFFSHOOT
9-across – The thing is, after lap dancing, one gets hair screwed up : PLAITS
10-across – London Eye’s not exactly a piece of cake : MINCEPIE
11-across – Does the complete opposite of 21 and gets through a dark interlude : SPENDSTHENIGHT
13-across – Revolutionary machine, revolutionary pole device : VELOCIPEDE
14-across – A word in your ear: civilian vessel’s engaged in exercises : PSST
16-across – Monday-Friday’s dash, US-style : THRU
18-across – It’s set for a rousing reception : CLOCKRADIO
21-across – Time to give the ticker a boost, having it off with Gladys : DAYLIGHTSAVING
23-across – Offering to is to get involved with Albion : OBLATION
24-across – They’re back! and are highly illuminating : FLARES
25-across – Redundant bugs put on sulphur : NEEDLESS
26-across – Make hideous, primitive sound on extraction of iron from river : UGLIFY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – I doubt that a tough guy film star needs to go topless : UMPH
2-down – Nurse’s hand-out before operational cuts are made? : SCALPEL
3-down – No holding Bill after showing enthusiasm for arty second coat : INTONACO
5-down – Crafty strips for taking off getaway clothes : FLIGHTDECKS
6-down – Line that cuts through Sussex and Kent, etc is powerless : SECANT
7-down – Argues against Operation Ugly Dogs keeping neutral : OPPUGNS
8-down – Time for a losing hand of cards? : TWENTYTWO
12-down – Rarely tending to enclose the late edition of Close-up – rush! : SEPULCHROUS
13-down – As was a rejected proposal of vet smitten with love at entrance of Duck and Feathers : VOTEDDOWN
15-down – American location-based film uses Time to Party record : TRAVELOG
17-down – Right way to mix with Leo I of Victoria : ROYALWE
19-down – LSD finally undiminished : DENARII
20-down – It has its style, piece I inserted for nothing : PISTIL
22-down – Internet agent’s spot? : ESPY

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22873 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22873 clues and answers were published on Thu 03 Jul 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22873 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Pictures of a mince pie : CINEMA
5-across – Self-confident and convinced about City : SECURE
8-across – Laurel tree originally following in second : INSTANT
9-across – Reverse role – sailor as pest eliminator? : RATTRAP
11-across – Mysteriously retreat, run away in friendly surrounds : PRETERNATURALLY
12-across – A bit of music when school’s over : NOTE
13-across – It protects the furniture of clergy on board : TABLECLOTH
17-across – Highwayman carrying eastern books to the East gets thinner : TURPENTINE
18-across – The woman’s a goddess : HERA
20-across – Net pay received by one tangling with latter-day Gypsy : NEWAGETRAVELLER
23-across – Proceed from sea cow, back to front : EMANATE
24-across – Threefold Arab city in spasm : TRIADIC
25-across – Guideline for most of the study : THREAD
26-across – Model in check on a piece of viewing apparatus : RETINA

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Policeman’s new crisp 12 : INSPECTOR
3-down – Plate attaining celebrity among the Spanish : ENAMEL
4-down – One in waiting for worker supporting a dry purpose : ATTENDANT
5-down – Walk jauntily, given support : STRUT
6-down – Fall on jazz fan taking a right turn : CATARACT
7-down – Country sportsmen backing God : RURAL
8-down – No apologies for compiler’s change involving 1 and 10 : IMPENITENCE
10-down – Chirpy cat is mad about mental health : PSYCHIATRIC
14-down – Cavalryman protecting a virtuous soul from bomber : LANCASTER
15-down – Ale vendor finding it too much to bear? : OVERLADEN
16-down – Degree given to canto of sorts in European city : BELGRADE
19-down – Leave off, taking second to interrupt believer : DESIST
21-down – Shakespeare’s beloved seizes 9 part 1 in fury : WRATH
22-down – Fashion in which Tyrannosaurus Rex heads for extinction : TREND

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

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