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.

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22790 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22790 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22790 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Decide heartless exploit calls for a beating : DEFEAT
4-across – Show total return by one state : MUSICAL
9-across – Crazed male, an upholder of heresy : MANICHEAN
10-across – Second check round for plant extract : RESIN
11-across – Origins of short and long vowels obvious in salute : SALVO
12-across – Large computer for the scholar below me : MAINFRAME
13-across – Nattered endlessly, being moved to beg : ENTREAT
15-across – Man’s eating a horse on a full stomach! : HAGGIS
17-across – Dramatic moment when converted Catholic is reproduced : CRISIS
19-across – Animal swallowing bits of dog food, unable to get up : BEDFAST
22-across – Exaggerate: Queen Street split like an egg! : OVERSTATE
24-across – Contend a herb carries little weight : ARGUE
26-across – Coach at front of train in reversal of 1 across : TUTOR
27-across – On which to write role involving churchmen : PARCHMENT
28-across – Sweet beast sheltering artist : CARAMEL
29-across – Traverse black spine : BRIDGE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Elevated piece of nonsense – medieval house and grounds : DEMESNE
2-down – Home in autumn, almost non-negotiable : FINAL
3-down – Religious lady’s short reply about housework : ANCHORESS
4-down – Ascetic Scotsman confused Sikh : MONKISH
5-down – Ornament shoots up : SERIF
6-down – Joint lead in charge of a country : COSTARICA
7-down – Stay for underwear that’s missing : LINGER
8-down – The gnarled tree in protective cover : HELMET
14-down – Bully from the hills holding hands : TORMENTOR
16-down – Had to forget about the underworld boss : GODFATHER
18-down – Sequence of notes involving piano and lute – head surgeon’s instrument : SCALPEL
19-down – Appearance after drinking too much distilled barley? : BLEARY
20-down – Frame funny letters : TRESTLE
21-down – Cold drink dispenser from Egypt : COPTIC
23-down – Huddled mass of low-lifers bearing right : SCRUM
25-down – Insatiable appetite for g-grass : GREED

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22789 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22789 clues and answers were published on Thu 27 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22789 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Recurring sounds of wind and castanets are heard : CYCLIC
5-across – Awkward skier’s about to try : BOLSHY
8-across – Turned one large seed into vegetable plant : PETUNIA
9-across – Jousting tournament doesn’t include one pet : TANTRUM
11-across – 1 2 … but not first and second! : CARDINALNUMBERS
12-across – Leave it behind once? : EXIT
13-across – Arrangement for string players : CATSCRADLE
17-across – Where woodmen stay is light brown and cold inside : LUMBERCAMP
18-across – Blow friends over : SLAP
20-across – Close to 3.75p once? : NEARASNINEPENCE
23-across – Crook causing stink about piles with quarters missing : HOODLUM
24-across – One couple takes it to reproduce : IMITATE
25-across – Back in a jiffy : SECOND
26-across – Sinkhole holding king’s spit : SKEWER

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – My tribute made to element : YTTERBIUM
3-down – Fast on the Italian pulse : LENTIL
4-down – Coach horse to take most of risk on the outside : CHARABANC
5-down – Interdiction that’s about to stick : BATON
6-down – Important event when dead man’s head is found in Scottish town : LANDMARK
7-down – Smack the pony : HORSE
8-down – Type of meal that was insipid, according to Spooner : PACKEDLUNCH
10-down – Teams recipe for developing outstanding performance : MASTERPIECE
14-down – Meaningful study : SEMANTICS
15-down – Describe food store’s elegant point : DELINEATE
16-down – Sources of energy arising around the queen’s harem : SERAGLIO
19-down – Hate holding royal imp : SPRITE
21-down – Stood by any other name from Shakespeare? : AROSE
22-down – Traveller’s mother in tacit agreement : NOMAD

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

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