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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22742 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22742 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22742 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Rook in sheep’s clothing? : FLEECE
4-across – Arab question and answer about one desert : QATARI
9-across – Vessels evenly distributed in currents : URNS
10-across – Claret chef ordered as medicine once : LEECHCRAFT
11-across – Jonah’s first and whale’s last to join in band – they bring bad luck : JINXES
12-across – Apt rise is wasted by Near East : RELEVANT
13-across – Condensed thus, or the ends may be off : SHORTENED
15-across – Spot on head of estate agent : ESPY
16-across – The governor’s weasel words? : POPS
17-across – Might New York borough have young ladies crowned ceremonially? : MAYQUEENS
21-across – Receiver of cash in military camp or prison : BASTILLE
22-across – Fall reversed in American mutual funds : AUTUMN
24-across – Cat on island about to be excused : PARDONABLE
25-across – Genuine cheerleaders in alien environment : ECHT
26-across – Poet set down empty outside island resort : DRYDEN
27-across – Look for birdbrain attacked by bird, reportedly : ASPECT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Provide seafood when entertaining posh sailors : FURNISH
2-down – Elizabeth’s favourite county : ESSEX
3-down – Old instrument mysteriously associated with Marie : CELESTE
5-down – Reform we hail for some time : AWHILE
6-down – Upstart making rare visit : ARRIVISTE
7-down – Visionary childhood? : INFANCY
8-down – Bond once uniting globe – and Zane Grey novel : GEORGELAZENBY
14-down – It’s truly deep at sea, so they say : REPUTEDLY
16-down – Notice head of pin left by a joker : PLACARD
18-down – Ducks missing Chandler’s debut in Friends? : QUAKERS
19-down – Moscow’s refusal to screen Speed and Lolita? : NYMPHET
20-down – Look good with a weapon : GLANCE
23-down – Subject of article by yours truly : THEME

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22741 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22741 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22741 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – See 23 : OLDROPE
5-across – Hydrotherapeutics minus Chartreuse cocktail remedied the disease : TYPHOID
10-across – This person is a Muslim leader : IMAM
11-across – Bashful about bashing not such a bashful bash? : COCONUTSHY
12-across – Animal a wigeon’s caught in the country : MALAWI
13-across – One given stick acquiring diamonds 23 : ICELOLLY
14-across – Shade of green in Northants town? I’m gobsmacked! : CORBLIMEY
16-across – Fine for 6 24 : DANDY
17-across – Stone provides a barrier : AGATE
19-across – Stallion, taking its head thus, rode off : STUDHORSE
23-across – Strong currency backed in low fall in part produces easy profit : MONEYFOR
24-across – See 6 : DOODLE
26-across – Polar mines, dreadfully cold : IMPERSONAL
27-across – Sound part of boat for canal : KIEL
28-across – Come before appearing sore in the head : PREDATE
29-across – Paul’s maintained by drivel, going ape : PRIMATE

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Smoker given sack for nothing but the affliction : LUMBAGO
3-down – Dance is sweet, though a degree short : RUMBA
4-down – Scorer in knockout competition I see held up : PUCCINI
6-down – Bet sketch is pony rider : YANKEE
7-down – Photo developed thanks to delicate matter : HOTPOTATO
8-down – Had line dancing been inspired? : INHALED
9-down – Recent pain doc treated – for the umpteenth time? : ACCIDENTPRONE
15-down – Something determinedly seen through until the bottom of a pint glass? : BITTEREND
18-down – One preparing space in the country, but not many : GROOMER
20-down – Con man providing excerpt from The Lone Ranger theme : DIDDLER
21-down – In the black, whence the sun comes out? : SOLVENT
22-down – Compensated for resting as an actor? : OFFSET
25-down – Solid growth shown by university heading for my pieces of 1 : OAKUM

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22740 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22740 clues and answers were published on Wed 29 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22740 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – How much to turn bird to drink before a dress show? : COSTUME
5-across – See 19 : ZHIVAGO
9-across – See 1 : DRAMA
10-across – Most eggs, prepared for cooking outside, must be moved like coal : SHOVELLED
11-across – Shrub male god put in most of Channel Island : ALDERBUCKTHORN
13-across – Amphibian, original model : NEWT
14-across – Old soldier with oriental weapon in range : SPEARMAN
17-across – Where Charles got hiding after hiding out of Paddington? : ROYALOAK
18-across – King by birth is bent : KNEE
21-across – Glorious revolutionary conferring with old ape in trouble : PRINCEOFORANGE
23-across – Change art and end art – it will slow down : RETARDANT
24-across – Proposer’s words, saying he’s got little time inside : IMOVE
25-across – See 20 : DERONDA
26-across – List for cleaner joining her ring : ROLLMOP

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Give up what sounds fruitful : CEDE
2-down – Cannibalistic address to bird by Swinburne? : SWALLOWMYSISTER
3-down – Habits of high caste prophets : USAGES
4-down – No problem about consumption near Skipton : EASTBY
5-down – Delusion suggesting cloned animal on public view? : ZOOSCOPY
6-down – Tile battered with rain, resisting change? : INERTIAL
7-down – OM : ALLDOOMANDGLOOM
8-down – Rules can change after row interrupts Rose Turner : ORDINANCES
12-down – Napper getting rude awakening if caught at it? : UNPREPARED
15-down – Vote for Reagan is very small : ELECTRON
16-down – Hat conceals gold from view : PANORAMA
19-down – Month before last at hour 4, in derogatory Latin 1across 9 : DOCTOR
20-down – Ulster church officer gets on in nihilistic movement in 1across 9 : DANIEL
22-down – Assist man with record : HELP

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22739 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22739 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22739 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Dad … ? : POPTHEQUESTION
9-across – Casually induct into ecstasy with glee : JOCUNDITY
10-across – Mire that is under coach? : BOGIE
11-across – Two notes said to be substantial : MEATY
12-across – Legend on king providing shelter for best friend : DOGKENNEL
13-across – Modern lines to 14th century in Italy : TRECENTO
14-across – Ship cargo back in river craft : PEDALO
17-across – Haggard band returned to the front : ONWARD
19-across – Captive that’s enlisted, not with a rebuke but with clout : POWERFUL
22-across – Eggs can be fliers, too : SCRAMBLED
24-across – Bobby in Ireland’s a drawback? : GARDA
25-across – King captures the French with ease : RELAX
26-across – As a friend put down: Inherently, there’s no way to strike out : QUAKERISH
27-across – Man leading on points : PREMIERDANSEUR

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Topless in bed – so what might be on? : PYJAMATROUSERS
2-down – Kind of deal that can be wrapped up : PACKAGE
3-down – Arboreal creature’s hard one to get born in twelve months : HONEYBEAR
4-down – Hair-splitting for GBP1, having sung song : QUIDDITY
5-down – Groyne provides cover for shore plant : ERYNGO
6-down – Spread rumour about bishop : TABLE
7-down – Instrument to last with a material : ORGANZA
8-down – Wildly appropriate in Cockney alphabet : HELLFORLEATHER
15-down – Still valid, if Cluedo suspect lacks beginning and end : EVERGREEN
16-down – Download is corrupted in part of the country : WOODLAND
18-down – Singer in conflict with band, say : WARBLER
20-down – ‘Armed in 5, like a thief : FURTIVE
21-down – Level of wit in this group : CLIQUE
23-down – Inventor of the saw? : MAXIM

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22738 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22738 clues and answers were published on Mon 27 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22738 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Batted first without result, lacking boundaries : OPENENDED
10-across – Sound of a stable hinge breaking : NEIGH
11-across – Possibly see unit as part of another unit : ENSUITE
12-across – Sense men gain after conversion : MEANING
13-across – Thought a pupil perfect : IDEAL
14-across – Such actions are rarely offensive : REARGUARD
16-across – Not all the cases they carry have to be opened : HOSPITALPORTERS
19-across – Note golf score: adequate but may be improved : REPARABLE
21-across – It is scored for players, not by them : MUSIC
22-across – A ship has, for example, first-rate missile : ASSEGAI
23-across – Fruit and nut, alas, all mixed up together : SULTANA
24-across – Appearing upright before being taken to court : ERECT
25-across – Explosive set on fire : GELIGNITE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Seductive summons? : COMEHITHER
2-down – Reconsider about seas breaking over the ship : REASSESS
3-down – Rejection upset Daniel : DENIAL
4-down – Slack return in fielding : IDLE
5-down – Presentation of papa’s medal brings a lump to one’s throat : ADAMSAPPLE
6-down – What peacemakers try to do is put at risk : ENDANGER
7-down – A short dress. mother, to say the least! : MINIMA
8-down – He’s rough. tough, loveless, confused : THUG
14-down – Spanner used by motorists : ROADBRIDGE
15-down – Soils from broken seed boxes : DESECRATES
17-down – Angry when equipment is dropped in water : IRRIGATE
18-down – City still on cloud nine : ECSTATIC
20-down – Went by, like the buck : PASSED
21-down – Defame a large number and get into a row : MALIGN
22-down – Egg on a steak, say : ABET
23-down – Initially supplied second-hand, now disposed of : SOLD

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

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