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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22798 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22798 clues and answers were published on Mon 07 Apr 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22798 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – Remedial treatment, if dirt’s a problem : FIRSTAID
9-across – Very cold? It depends : ICICLE
10-across – They’ll fix the drinks : PEGS
11-across – Way back, flying coppers in with security equipment : DRAWINGPIN
12-across – Search ordered by an engraver : CHASER
14-across – Being out of ready money, barter : EXCHANGE
15-across – Force receiving a tribute : PRAISE
17-across – One’s to prosecute ringleader – he’s put out : ISSUER
20-across – Plant discovered by island circumnavigator : MANDRAKE
22-across – Announces the end in ringing tones : KNELLS
23-across – Support an employee when old : SECONDHAND
24-across – Propose relocation : MOVE
25-across – Girl who’s a little angel – inordinately good : ELINOR
26-across – Say round about a hundred can organise the putting up : ERECTING

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Show pine’s wrong in a bodega : WINESHOP
2-down – A once-revered figure, as is written repeatedly : ISIS
3-down – Run to raise money and totter : LADDER
4-down – The man’s filled up with endless biscuits – such a bloomer : HIBISCUS
5-down – One English monarch who didn’t rule the waves : KINGCANUTE
6-down – Working steadily, or quietly taking a rest : PLYING
8-down – Clothes may be spared : DRAPES
13-down – Good man with top position : STANDPOINT
16-down – Flag that is quite normal : STANDARD
18-down – Soldiers authorised to appropriate a vehicle – and appropriate’s the word for it! : RELEVANT
19-down – Sea bed made lower : DEBASE
21-down – A gold-plated key – antique : AGEOLD
22-down – Had youngsters fooled : KIDDED
24-down – Tea when the game’s over? : MATE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22796 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22796 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Apr 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22796 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Far from tender attending vessel in distress… : HARDSHIP
9-across – … a tender with hospital aboard, but not at sea : ASHORE
10-across – Fruit provided by Blake Edwards : AKEE
11-across – Novel piece of furniture, externally unadorned, with three middle drawers : BARCHESTER
12-across – See 11 : TOWERS
14-across – Rash idea formulated by idiots : AIRHEADS
15-across – Wrong about Soviet lead, Bolshevik ultimately meeting untimely end : TROTSKY
17-across – Insect taking cover, retreating from swallow : BELIEVE
20-across – Effect reconciliation – or affect it? : MAKEITUP
22-across – Venerable saint’s taken outside with composer and dramatist : AUGUST
23-across – See 22 : STRINDBERG
24-across – Island of Jakarta’s first lady : JAVA
25-across – Note smuggled into prison cited as evidence : QUOTED
26-across – Get smart tree at university : SPRUCEUP

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Clandestine move for bad crook : BACKDOOR
2-down – Plugs, so to speak, for a shaver : ADZE
3-down – Itinerant has second thoughts about moon : PHOBOS
4-down – Pole has to beat Greek : SPARTAN
5-down – Veteran who rears in action? : WARHORSE
6-down – Teaching a lesson in front of class making rapid progress : CHASTENING
7-down – Devil-dodger finally buried in The Loved One : FRIEND
13-down – New term is about those concerned not with means but with ends? : EXTREMISTS
16-down – What’s missing from book title? Small insects : KATYDIDS
18-down – Mount several to use up against one American : VESUVIUS
19-down – Conciliate a parish priest with creature comforts : APPEASE
21-down – Start of play: letter from abroad about battle : ACTIUM
22-down – Material that’s new in marketplace : ANGORA
24-down – Means of raising a flag : JACK

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22794 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22794 clues and answers were published on Wed 02 Apr 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22794 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Pre-death observance played out – girl comes round! : LASTRITES
10-across – Person in uniform teased within earshot : GUIDE
11-across – The woman’s relation entering as ghost, maybe : HAUNTER
12-across – A second source of pollen containing nothing : ANOTHER
13-across – Taunt one coming in to face bowling : BAIT
14-across – Try to avoid paying debts? Bank comes round in the proper manner : RELEVANTLY
16-across – Ferocious female, one with good lot of hair around : TIGRESS
17-across – A creep’s tricky – one may be seen getting away! : ESCAPER
19-across – Big nag should be quiet! – anger shown by husband, awfully sore : SHIREHORSE
22-across – Thermal insulation rating attached to a garment : TOGA
24-across – Agreed an end to engagement, getting married : TALLIED
25-across – Vain type, who so surprisingly attracts more than one female : SHOWOFF
26-across – No longer unit to be included? : OUNCE
27-across – Left-wing performers who may mess around with the text? : REDACTORS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Getting characters to conform to order : ALPHABETISATION
2-down – Accepting a sin – smug, sloppy : ASSUMING
3-down – Man loudly exchanging letters shows no gentle persuasion : BRUTE
4-down – Courses – they have 21 for the riders who are running : STARTERS
5-down – Where there’s a will with no introduction, it’s complex : ESTATE
6-down – Not knowing accompaniment to 3 23? : IGNORANCE
7-down – Hello, there’s fog about! It can get one caught out : MISHIT
8-down – A fry the steak bar cooked? : HEARTYBREAKFAST
15-down – Once again serve raw meat injected with drug : REDELIVER
17-down – Part of New York is sedate after turmoil : EASTSIDE
18-down – Code of behaviour set down by first army officer? : PROTOCOL
20-down – I would fish, sitting by the river maybe? : IDLING
21-down – Does Right Reverend get involved in monastic communities? : ORDERS
23-down – See 3 : FORCE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22793 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22793 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Apr 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22793 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Surprise misfortune : SETBACK
5-across – Strong stem … : STAUNCH
9-across – … part with fruit : YIELD
10-across – When the Russian lawgiver appears, they can keep cool : THERMOSES
11-across – Trees burning at military base : ALDERSHOT
12-across – Cook greeted at Wapping on return : DELIA
13-across – Killer’s in a dive when after Jack : KNIFE
15-across – A nude told off for revealing lumps : NODULATED
18-across – Fish and chips cooked with lard : PILCHARDS
19-across – Solar storm tests : ORALS
21-across – Brilliance of a single amethyst : GLEAM
23-across – Dutchman giving shout within? : HOLLANDER
25-across – Where to wait at the BBC when on air? : ANTEROOMS
26-across – Bracing air in Ohio district : OZONE
27-across – Creature mocked in the soup kitchen : TURTLES
28-across – The jumper’s way of saying Neigh! : REFUSAL

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – A bluebird? No! One in exaltation : SKYLARK
2-down – Hard drudgery could be mild later : TREADMILL
3-down – Computer used in the Hickstead Derby : ADDER
4-down – He once recruited someone to work for the Aga : KITCHENER
5-down – These letters can appear in paper : SHEET
6-down – A Lima lord battling for this protected species : ARMADILLO
7-down – Alan’s manufactured part of helmet : NASAL
8-down – A home economist? : HUSBAND
14-down – A helper worried about me only for one day? : EPHEMERAL
16-down – Breaker of secret recording failure : DISCLOSER
17-down – The fall of Niobe? : TEARDROPS
18-down – Call for a National Theatre show : PAGEANT
20-down – Dreamlike change in rural Southeast : SURREAL
22-down – An apple taken off a tree : EATER
23-down – Dances round in rings : HOOPS
24-down – A fool switched to cold : ALOOF

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22792 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22792 clues and answers were published on Mon 31 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22792 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – It has misleading passages : LABYRINTH
10-across – Incident on Orient Express : EVENT
11-across – Ladies and Gentlemen, a T.S. Eliot production : TOILETS
12-across – A small number love to make notes – it’s catching : NOOSING
13-across – It keeps a sharp eye on German and American arms : EAGLE
14-across – Achievement of one who doesn’t miss a trick : GRANDSLAM
16-across – Terribly hard up, hastens to acquire money : PASSTHEHATROUND
19-across – Soldiers armed with guns on manoeuvres : GUARDSMEN
21-across – Painful reminder of passion when taken to heart : THROB
22-across – Something special encountered if you go straight down : PLUMMET
23-across – Bank has a way to avoid a row : TOWPATH
24-across – Cattle drive : STEER
25-across – Duck below the quilt : EIDERDOWN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – It may be responsible for a hold-up on the line : CLOTHESPEG
2-down – Curtails brigade’s movement : ABRIDGES
3-down – Be still shivering : FREEZE
4-down – Objects to extremities? : ENDS
5-down – Revise estimate with an advance : THINKAGAIN
6-down – In his eyes, beauty may be seen : BEHOLDER
7-down – Servant turns in during dinner, perhaps : MENIAL
8-down – Guns are raised in this game : STAG
14-down – It’s a rather colourless affair, mind : GREYMATTER
15-down – Produced by employee, but not mass-produced : MADEBYHAND
17-down – Washing line? : TIDEMARK
18-down – Nouns are irregular? Nonsense! : UNREASON
20-down – The last word about copper’s keen insight : ACUMEN
21-down – Check an oarsman’s support : THWART
22-down – After a job : POST
23-down – We hear it’s bound to be a current variation : TIDE

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

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