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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22754 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22754 clues and answers were published on Fri 14 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22754 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Blair could be a skilled craftsman : CABINETMAKER
8-across – It’s the opposite of a thousand to an old Roman : ANTONYM
9-across – It’s lace that is flexible : ELASTIC
11-across – Silly tear shed by child shows disloyalty : TREASON
12-across – Effeminate niece broke record first : EPICENE
13-across – Vessel is back, caught by ban : BASIN
14-across – Showing lack of judgement, so do not try so many! : TASTELESS
16-across – A rule aunt adopted about appearing in the nude : AUNATUREL
19-across – Man in headgear of little value : CHEAP
21-across – Satisfied with French storybook : CONTENT
23-across – Law maker sent round a round robin initially : SENATOR
24-across – He votes for Hanoverian prince : ELECTOR
25-across – Put oar into confused speech : ORATION
26-across – Never acted in production by mistake : INADVERTENCE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – They ignore boats : CUTTERS
2-down – One so held by Tony to be a blessing : BENISON
3-down – He proposes someone to monitor an order : NOMINATOR
4-down – Subject for discussion by Lawrence about border : THEME
5-down – Eric upset by girl’s greed : AVARICE
6-down – End former meter error : EXTREME
7-down – Roughly trace girl in freehand : CARTEBLANCHE
10-down – Cheap greens I order, being parsimonious : CHEESEPARING
15-down – Betray Clare? : SELLSHORT
17-down – Little Ann’s liking for cloth : NANKEEN
18-down – Cured editor on outing : TREATED
19-down – Not disturbed in murderer’s hold : CONTAIN
20-down – Measure string for knot : ENTWINE
22-down – Extract from chapter seen to be concise : TERSE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22753 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22753 clues and answers were published on Thu 13 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22753 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – 26’s knight’s girl’s housekeeper wanting chat : ELAINE
4-across – See 22 : OFTHEDOG
9-across – Doctor put in camp? : INTERN
10-across – Royal family forbidding reform of Dail : GRIMALDI
11-across – Tennessee’s detectives hold girl with silver on lake : GLASSMENAGERIE
13-across – Arkansas’ pebble : LITTLEROCK
14-across – Ireland, say, in Paisley’s view : ISLE
16-across – Smoothing agent in the cabinet? : FILE
18-across – Story about a 5 – the Guardian’s giving consent : FAVOURABLE
21-across – It could be eaten sailing, or it could be sweeping : GENERALISATION
23-across – Somewhat of an inquisition into 12’s car? : AUTODAFE
24-across – Leave opera singer for naked lady : GODIVA
25-across – 7 asks God – to make them therapeutic? : DEEPRAYS
26-across – A king for half a day, past and future? : ARTHUR

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – 26’s knight’s girl to eat up : ENID
2-down – 1 across’s place given to operas – to La Traviata, say : ASTOLAT
3-down – Scene of mutiny’s to last month – there wasn’t enough play : NORESULT
5-down – Wingers come up with home winner and nil to America, which is corny : FARINACEOUS
6-down – It’s paid to a governor initially in residence : HOMAGE
7-down – Benefits include golden girl : DOLORES
8-down – In old money nearly always there’s a queen … : GUINEVERE
12-down – … whose sister-in-law from Germany Olaf got involved with : MORGANLEFAY
13-down – Distressing feud with a girl who rescues bathers : LIFEGUARD
15-down – Left-winger with disturbance coming up on the pavement : TROTTOIR
17-down – 26’s knight’s girl to fly topless and sting all but student : LYNETTE
19-down – Studious nonsense keeps one following authority : BOOKISH
20-down – Merchant takes up colour painting : TRADER
22-down – Biter’s bit, taken the morning after : HAIR

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22752 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22752 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22752 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Scottish scene of Alfred’s episode with the cakes? : BANNOCKBURN
9-across – Ancient stopper : MARINER
10-across – Girl, an abstainer, takes drug as a favour : ROSETTE
11-across – Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc … : SHORTLIST
12-across – One wearing a medal at work : GOING
13-across – Trip to ancient site : TOUR
14-across – Plant hunger – a bit unusual! : THUNBERGIA
16-across – For amusement, take time in amateur handicraft in depth : PROFUNDITY
19-across – Last resort of 9 : SALT
20-across – Bonus derived from illegal sex traffic : EXTRA
21-across – Fashion some change into out East : CHEONGSAM
23-across – Solitary before getting widow’s contribution : EREMITE
24-across – They are said to control taxes : CABBIES
25-across – A belt administered without cause is capitally offensive : TREASONABLE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Town in Lancaster not open – turn about : BURTONUPONTRENT
2-down – One in books group : NONET
3-down – A swimmer, like a clodhopper crossing the river : OARFISH
4-down – She’s a stinker, possibly : KIRSTEN
5-down – America ending negotiation without the bottom line : UNSIGNED
6-down – County said to be tying with another lacking opening point : NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
7-down – Destroy species Thomas disposed of : SMASHTOPIECES
8-down – New greatness of service catering establishment : SERGEANTSMESS
15-down – A small number entertained by a priest find it therapeutic : CURATIVE
17-down – Her grace may be celebrated : DUCHESS
18-down – Where Clement settled in North Africa : TLEMCEN
22-down – Cheese gives rise to stink and prohibition : NABOB

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22751 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22751 clues and answers were published on Tue 11 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22751 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Key player, we hear : CONCERTPIANIST
9-across – Stream in university to produce a painter? : UTRILLO
10-across – A swell leader of panache in the American press : UPSURGE
11-across – Mark 2 : TWAIN
12-across – Tom has these lines tangled with vine : NINELIVES
13-across – A row when going for century in break shows keenness : READINESS
14-across – Model Phyl’s a slim lady : SYLPH
15-across – Cut out first letter in language : ERASE
17-across – MEP? Use him to spread an inoffensive word : EUPHEMISM
20-across – Desert one? It’s a big blow : SANDSTORM
22-across – Bears seen in a nameless Devon town : TOTES
23-across – A group of assistants to express regret about European money : RETINUE
24-across – River – a river once more flowing back : NIAGARA
25-across – Writers, they say, are in agreement : CORRESPONDENCE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Bar with standard action to oppose danger : COUNTERMEASURE
2-down – State of bliss recalled in revised version’s reminiscences : NIRVANA
3-down – Fragrant plant, though possibly inelegant : EGLANTINE
4-down – Beat easily, being right weight after initial training : TROUNCE
5-down – They’re not, in fact, spineless about using AA : IGUANAS
6-down – Extraterritorial travellers left behind a sort of sound : NASAL
7-down – Shrink jeans, returning within a short time : SHRIVEL
8-down – Understands what the addressee eventually does : GETSTHEMESSAGE
14-down – Hard work by company is kept under one’s hat : SWEATBAND
16-down – Bright colour, not a tan for a change : ANNATTO
17-down – Do they wear going away clothes? : ELOPERS
18-down – Plant me in top ground : PIMENTO
19-down – Being arranged like a communication cord : INTRAIN
21-down – Singer loses head to a second Spanish gentleman : SENOR

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22750 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22750 clues and answers were published on Mon 10 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22750 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Staying terribly dark and gloomy : STYGIAN
5-across – Wild, wild Wales in the 50s : LAWLESS
10-across – Sign on to tour the Middle East : OMEN
11-across – Awful woman novelist has blue veins : GORGONZOLA
12-across – Twins have empty garage, acquiring car : GEMINI
13-across – Gives information which could lead to making an arrest : NARRATES
14-across – It may catch one in the act : SAFETYNET
16-across – The price of a suit : COSTS
17-across – He splits a couple of poles made of wood : ASHEN
19-across – Not a partner to go around with : ASSOCIATE
23-across – Very serious internal trouble? : CIVILWAR
24-across – Put away in a container for the scientist : BOFFIN
26-across – One blow to end a fight in pure slapstick : KNOCKABOUT
27-across – The object of some ear-piercing work : LOBE
28-across – Keep on being saucy about half-sister : PERSIST
29-across – Declared a supporter in possible deal : ALLEGED

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Paddy has a wash : TEMPERA
3-down – One repeatedly after information found in Arabian tales : GENII
4-down – Any girl so mistreated might react thus : ANGRILY
6-down – Time to admit pig on a bus? : ABOARD
7-down – Beggars description in Naples : LAZZARONI
8-down – Striking entails disruption : SALIENT
9-down – Result of choosing the wrong type for the job? : PRINTERSERROR
15-down – Watch parts required for telescopes? : EYEPIECES
18-down – Elegant French female : SOIGNEE
20-down – Not much spoken about, as space travel can be : ORBITAL
21-down – Metal cover for the sewer : THIMBLE
22-down – Pinches tin-opener, set askew : TWEAKS
25-down – Fall short of a pound note – forged, perhaps : FALSE

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

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