Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22748 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22748 clues and answers were published on Fri 07 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22748 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Old homosexual?’s reaction to last orders? : BARDASH
5-across – Unhealthy eater’s backing group crosses one major road : BULIMIC
9-across – Type of motion discovered by Bacon, Galileo, etc : CONGA
10-across – Soldiers restored enclave’s topicality : RELEVANCE
11-across – Sister hops about on artificial leg, say : PROSTHESIS
12-across – Lose your figure, though having nothing for pudding : SAGO
14-across – Salute the Italian dead outside – or try to revive them with this? : SALVOLATILE
18-across – Cautious PC cuts crime drastically : CIRCUMSPECT
21-across – Substantial orderly : TIDY
22-across – Delicate situation where tree and river are set in stone : FLASHPOINT
25-across – City bird’s inoffensive moral stance? : RECTITUDE
26-across – Drug with lo-calorie cream : ELITE
27-across – Bank of Scotland returns remains of nag : EARBASH
28-across – Knight catches monster dropping one in parliament : KNESSET

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – One sort of muscle raised in encore for another : BICEPS
2-down – Haphazard money order : RANDOM
3-down – A secret service once pursuing an American Church Father : ANASTASIUS
4-down – Animal put on dark work clothes, etc : HORSE
5-down – The city for curry : BALTIMORE
6-down – Compiler’s left standing by tribal forefather : LEVI
7-down – Language also adopted by serviceman, almost : MANDARIN
8-down – Indian queen taken in by victim of strangulation? : CHEROKEE
13-down – Favourite turn by unknown in two sections : PARTYPIECE
15-down – Victor’s response to being tickled to death? : LASTLAUGH
16-down – Force set off unpunished : SCOTFREE
17-down – Manufacturer of piston in colour – red, initially : PRODUCER
19-down – Second union flag hoisted by star : SIRIUS
20-down – Confirm where to find cricket fan : ATTEST
23-down – Piece of Siberian timber, or piece of meat : STEAK
24-down – Examination about part of Israeli city : VIVA

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22747 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22747 clues and answers were published on Thu 06 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22747 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Approbation certainly isn’t 24 down : WELLDONE
9-across – 23 continually around one : ONION
10-across – Particle categorically stopping short of nitrogen? : ATOM
11-across – Ruth and Sophia composed the origin of their work? : AUTHORSHIP
12-across – Greek poetess has curiously written about proxy love : SAPPHO
14-across – 23? See you at Sausageland! : CUCUMBER
15-across – 23’s about kernel-less nut : CHICORY
17-across – Early piece of advertising to avoid : PRELUDE
20-across – Cleaner figure halved for ease, it’s said, good to enter : SQUEEGEE
22-across – 23 – 0.2g picked up : CARROT
23-across – Possible clue for waffle? : RABBITFOOD
24-across – Womaniser’s tool : RAKE
25-across – Point, mid-south or north : THORN
26-across – 23 sounds best way : BEETROOT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Eruption, earth tremors and particles of lava : HEATRASH
2-down – Criticise achievement at cards : SLAM
3-down – 23 inside of a robot? : TOMATO
4-down – 23 for Grant? Cut up a quarter : LETTUCE
5-down – Banger and second 22 across mashed : MOTORCAR
6-down – Girl I’d brought up, dreadful liar, is different : DISSIMILAR
7-down – 23 Paul’s postmortem? : ENDIVE
13-down – American case of policeman turned lunatic : POCKETBOOK
16-down – 23 : RIGATONI
18-down – Rotten book on Dr Turner : DOORKNOB
19-down – Defence for revolutionary, nothing but revolutionary : REDOUBT
21-down – Reportedly measures gemstone : QUARTZ
22-down – Old man, fish and short man standing : CODGER
24-down – Bottom? Then second to bottom’s exceptional : RARE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22746 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22746 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22746 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – After a lot of river I get acres of land : ZAMBIA
4-across – Ale brewed with basil – where her tears were shed : ISABELLA
9-across – Insect, for example, with faint backing : MIDGE
10-across – Active or passive past, heard but not seen : VOICEOVER
11-across – Transport from the occult? Aye, so it is : AUTOCYCLE
12-across – The boom that leads to bust? : SONIC
13-across – Marine or freshwater plant to worry the least worried : WATERSOLDIER
17-across – About time the soul got transport without lunatic attachment to chair : ANTIMACASSAR
20-across – Knowing some battles have point : AWARE
21-across – Being disloyal has itself to blame : FAITHLESS
23-across – Flower, a happy one, reviving the soul : GLADIOLUS
24-across – See 7 : STONE
25-across – Torpid horse reportedly I found in the mire : SLUGGISH
26-across – Bumblebee takes in commercial student : BEADLE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – At last Araucaria’s the balladist on Guardian land : ZIMBABWE
2-down – Think how to adapt during end game : MEDITATE
3-down – Intestinal requirement – someone to file a complaint : ILEAC
5-down – They are paid to sit about and write records : STIPENDIARIES
6-down – Drink to girl graduate in Israel : BEERSHEBA
7-down – 1 across’s contribution to London? : LIVING
8-down – Where 1s are having a day on call in Scotland : AFRICA
10-down – Plum drops between 1s : VICTORIAFALLS
14-down – Version of the right to die: Ireland take note : RENDERING
15-down – A type of drug that could make a big hole : ASTEROID
16-down – Dot tee, then? It’s a visual problem : CROSSEYE
18-down – Dish eliciting a laugh with half 25 : HAGGIS
19-down – Pleasure resort, unknown on a poster, very classy : XANADU
22-down – Lose no time from 25 15 : HASTE

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22745 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22745 clues and answers were published on Tue 04 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22745 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – A vessel does when about to tilt : DECANTER
9-across – Celia altered recipe for cake : ECLAIR
10-across – Jack holds small ruler : TSAR
11-across – Dicky may need one when replacing dull actors : COLLARSTUD
12-across – Poor man’s surely losing one : MEASLY
14-across – Heartless star’s expedition : CELERITY
15-across – Chance controlled Benedictine : RANDOM
17-across – Handsome youth rejected wickedness after trouble : ADONIS
20-across – Medication, operation and rest : TABLETOP
22-across – Winger is wearing coat : SISKIN
23-across – Setter keeps fine rosebowl initially in a cabinet : CHIFFONIER
24-across – Uproar when Queen hides in tree : BRAY
25-across – Opera singer cries over article : CALLAS
26-across – Casual worker’s former model : TEMPLATE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – People promise clothing : MENSWEAR
2-down – They say the food’s tolerable : FAIR
3-down – It’s difficult to stab Yankee : STICKY
4-down – Intricate – like Three Blind Mice? : DETAILED
5-down – Oddballs, about to be beaten, stand together : CLOSERANKS
6-down – Irritation over time for card game : PIQUET
8-down – Building worker upset about lots left over : RELICT
13-down – Run smoother one after another : SINGLEFILE
16-down – Shed you once found in river : OUTHOUSE
18-down – Captain put on workers’ clothing : SKIPANTS
19-down – Injured from pistol-whipping : SPOILT
21-down – King held in a bogus retreat : ASHRAM
22-down – To economise, Frenchman is introduced to bonus shares : SCRIMP
24-down – Conspicuous fellow embraces sovereign : BOLD

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22744 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22744 clues and answers were published on Mon 03 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22744 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

5-across – Used to drive a car : PETROL
6-across – A fortifying drink or two – right? : BRACER
9-across – Newest trainee must be given a checkup : LATEST
10-across – Object about wrongdoers being supported : ENDORSED
11-across – To resign from choice demands courage : CEDE
12-across – A useful tool, though that cuts no ice! : COLDCHISEL
13-across – Mother, by law breaking, is culpable : BLAMEWORTHY
18-across – Music composed by undistinguished church worker : PLAINCHANT
21-across – Without entitlement right now : ANON
22-across – Let’s get back late, just like the stars! : STELLATE
23-across – About fifty scoffed, but set forth : RELATE
24-across – Offensive directed by plain-clothes policemen : RANCID
25-across – Partially undressed for exercise : LESSON

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Here inside and elsewhere it’s really heavenly! : ETHEREAL
2-down – Choose one in a couple of hundred for language : COPTIC
3-down – He denounces dealer holding copper back : TRADUCER
4-down – Just one month in the year the French king could raise this tax : OCTROI
5-down – Preparation of staple dishes : PLATES
7-down – Hemp’s used in this kind of jacket : REEFER
8-down – Pusillanimous attendants offering information : YELLOWPAGES
14-down – Skilled worker giving men a chic new look : MECHANIC
15-down – Lacking capital as a result of being axed : HEADLESS
16-down – Artisan alters creation : SLATER
17-down – Continue to run a place in the Northwest : BOLTON
19-down – A dry area in the main : ISLAND
20-down – A European land bird : TURKEY

This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.

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