Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22784 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22784 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22784 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – They fly, like songstresses! : AIRWOMEN
9-across – Love song composed at Rome : AMORET
10-across – Key to the London dogs’ home : ISLE
11-across – By chance, a maverick on the staff : ACCIDENTAL
12-across – It’s put on by a better singer : TREBLE
14-across – Clipped, dishevelled, aged bird : ABRIDGED
15-across – Cage bird : PRISON
17-across – A newscast leading to royal response : ANSWER
20-across – American chap sidles out like a ghost : BODILESS
22-across – Breaker of wild brutes : BUSTER
23-across – Minerva’s original idea? : BRAINCHILD
24-across – Old English district sounds wet : SOKE
25-across – They inhibit British lechers : BRAKES
26-across – Kinsman is no upright descendant : GRANDSON

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Camels made use of this dry skin : AIRSTRIP
2-down – Precious clip from Lost Weekend : TWEE
3-down – I’m perched on white stick : IMPALE
4-down – Official kind of collar : MANDARIN
5-down – At Houston they usually lead to nothing : COUNTDOWNS
6-down – Watch out for gathering conflict within : BEWARE
8-down – On Olympus, drink etc ran freely : NECTAR
13-down – Barriers put about one Scottish town where the sheriffs’ men operate : BAILIWICKS
16-down – Extra actors under a cloud! : OVERCAST
18-down – After struggling free, bird makes secure place in the sails : REEFKNOT
19-down – Popping the question royally? : ASKING
21-down – A model with heavenly moving parts : ORRERY
22-down – Rioting blamed for uproar : BEDLAM
24-down – It could be the Left dies out : SIDE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22783 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22783 clues and answers were published on Thu 20 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22783 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Failures the learner dismissed in the recesses : APSES
4-across – Final offers made by university officer to one academic with thanks : ULTIMATA
8-across – Platform announcements? : PUBLICSPEAKING
10-across – Liar they put right in a crude way : EARTHILY
11-across – An artist takes in abandoned ships : ARMADA
12-across – Use endless charity when performing church service : EUCHARIST
15-across – A footballer can be taken thus : ABACK
17-across – Reverse for students, including a society girl : SUSAN
18-across – Darling American goes on dream holiday : HONEYMOON
19-across – Minister backs Brown in old battle : VERDUN
21-across – Hard stuff’s the best for a brick, perhaps : ICECREAM
24-across – Teacher disseminated Latin – a citation’s due! : EDUCATIONALIST
25-across – A much smaller number touring the East for game : FEARLESS
26-across – Less restricted, as eggs can be: the last four being off : FREER

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Showing anxiety relating to understanding : APPREHENSIVE
2-down – Takes advance payments to include pamphlet : SUBTRACTS
3-down – Stylish thrash : SWISH
4-down – Kind of NUS files hard to unravel : UNSELFISH
5-down – We hear the side is to come down heavily : TEEM
6-down – Earn money in preparation for printing : MAKEREADY
7-down – Number wearing old garment seen in the South Pacific : TONGA
9-down – One used to avoid getting the ticket : PARKINGMETER
13-down – Broadcaster ran out without part of speech on the Church : ANNOUNCER
14-down – Persistent cautions and police finally move : TENACIOUS
16-down – Simultaneously make good and raise issue : ATONETIME
20-down – Band thrown up in cooler, lacking a leader : RIDGE
22-down – Rag? Worthless stuff! : CHAFF
23-down – Spot of inflammation I saw in speech : STYE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22782 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22782 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22782 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Cuckoo brew’s regaled songster : SEDGEWARBLER
8-across – Nice lake drained for rude fellow : PEASANT
9-across – False alarm for one eastern city in America : LARAMIE
11-across – Water supplier, demanding almost a pound, starts to fill empty reservoirs : AQUIFER
12-across – School is counting every second of Xmas breaks : SCHISMS
13-across – Pukka girl’s identification : VALID
14-across – Movement made by an old poet not quite in love : ANDANTINO
16-across – Unusual display of zeal by son – an idle one : LAZYBONES
19-across – Outgoing mail, I assume : POSIT
21-across – Creatures in a horror film: dogs laying siege to central bank : MUTANTS
23-across – Backward Maid of Orleans the French honour : ENNOBLE
24-across – Carving of antlers or of breastbone : STERNAL
25-across – Little woman’s a rebel in school : ACADEMY
26-across – Key displayed by advocate for Houdini, say : ESCAPOLOGIST

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Worm pulled up to be devoured by mammal or bird : SEAGULL
2-down – Awkward ward given gruel, perhaps, and made to look small : DWARFED
3-down – Go on stage with Tina Turner to receive guests : ENTERTAIN
4-down – Jumble sale, including spot marker for vehicle parts : AXLES
5-down – A load of old junk he burnt : BURTHEN
6-down – A tree is beginning to topple – one on a volcano : ELMISTI
7-down – State papers bound to be very revealing? : SPEAKVOLUMES
10-down – Wild one, say, with a double you that’s good to look at : EASYONTHEEYE
15-down – Speed trick Radio 1 dropped? Bravo! : DESPERADO
17-down – Instruments seen in the centre of Teheran covered with spots : ZITHERS
18-down – Dickens gets to embrace girl – a stroke of luck! : BONANZA
19-down – After wordplay, poke one’s tongue? : PUNJABI
20-down – National topic : SUBJECT
22-down – Discharge Vietnamese leader in Laos settlement : SALVO

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22781 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22781 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22781 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Work at the deed in force : PRACTISE
5-across – Cartoonist exposes female in shock : SCARFE
9-across – Fashionable attitude, for example : INSTANCE
10-across – Othello’s lieutenant catches cold at exotic oasis : CASSIO
12-across – Carol calls for Mum at bedtime : SILENTNIGHT
15-across – Fish cooked as treat : TETRA
17-across – Alien backing of monarch and the Queen : FOREIGNER
18-across – Smooth aspects of Cromwell’s horse : IRONSIDES
19-across – Hero from Spain led Channel Islands revolution : ELCID
20-across – Moneybags gets rough girl in trouble : MILLIONAIRE
24-across – Toy with end of shotgun : TRIFLE
25-across – Seven into one : SEPTETTE
26-across – Smooth when in neutral : GREASY
27-across – Now’s the time to break up bikes on Greek islands : CYCLADES

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Shrub is in teapot that’s cracked : POINSETTIA
2-down – Sailor has explanation for forgiveness : ABSOLUTION
3-down – School staff : TRAIN
4-down – Extra cook – No. 2 : SECONDFIDDLE
6-down – I can’t lose accommodation at the seaside : COASTLINE
7-down – Stood up for a flower girl : ROSE
8-down – God of Love is wound up : EROS
11-down – Violently mix liver and eggs, say : AGGRESSIVELY
13-down – Not prepared to spray prince with dust : UNSCRIPTED
14-down – It’s not easy to cross an English poet embracing the French : BRIDGELESS
16-down – Meets bewildered males with Bess : ASSEMBLES
21-down – Birth of a National and a Liberal : NATAL
22-down – Saint Mark is not for women : STAG
23-down – Have supper with Miss Blyton on her return : DINE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22780 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22780 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22780 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Advice on clues in anagram form : COUNSEL
5-across – Barker is a fool to back the outsider : BASSET
9-across – Stumbling upon clue for disconnect : UNCOUPLE
10-across – Contract provided by psychiatrist : SHRINK
12-across – Announcement from the Roman Capitol : PROCLAMATION
15-across – Friends turn up to dinner – an ample feast! : SLAPUPMEAL
17-across – Set fire to sleeping accommodation in Paris : LIT
19-across – Typical measures current in Germany : EMS
20-across – It”s not bound to sell : SHEETMUSIC
22-across – Of Peruvian ancestry? Brilliant! : INCANDESCENT
26-across – Being rich, packed it in : LOADED
27-across – It fully inspires the love of children : CUPBOARD
28-across – Turned key and pulled : YANKED
29-across – It was a stronghold of Communism : KREMLIN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – A decisive point made by criminals in speech : CRUX
2-down – Union leaders firm – that’s great for the Scots : UNCO
3-down – Settle, or prepare to fight? : SQUAREUP
4-down – Shrub, one that’s in rising demand : LILAC
6-down – Partly pebbledash large piece of masonry : ASHLAR
7-down – Doing without strong drink – it’s discouraged : SPIRITLESS
8-down – Pay attention, or get warning of dismissal : TAKENOTICE
11-down – Walton’s deceptive appearance : FACADE
13-down – First of all, pieces are set out by partner : ESPECIALLY
14-down – A succession of small bloomers : DAISYCHAIN
16-down – Composer from Harlem : MAHLER
18-down – Willing scholar comes up to help : AMENABLE
21-down – Suddenly expire, having snuffed it? : SNEEZE
23-down – Fill cracks with filler or stopper, say : CAULK
24-down – Sphere of the dance? : BALL
25-down – Party rising in power in old Scandinavia : ODIN

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

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