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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.

Clues

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.

Clues

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.

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.

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