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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.

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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.

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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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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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