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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22660 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22660 clues and answers were published on Fri 25 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22660 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – New alphabet ends with a Frenchman, having an old Christian name : NAZARENE
9-across – Give a fine filly or dam : AFFORD
10-across – Shame on Ruth : PITY
11-across – Runs into tea company with a solid basis : TERRAFIRMA
12-across – Marks man, say, as second rep in trouble : SNIPER
14-across – Amenable to order, I had returned to the hospital department : OBEDIENT
15-across – Island capital served by less bright medico : PALERMO
17-across – Study of Regents Park’s record year : ZOOLOGY
20-across – Defeat against Queen’s in real situation : REVERSAL
22-across – Spend time when the wages arrive : PAYDAY
23-across – Spokesman with what sounds like a message for pacifists? : MOUTHPIECE
24-across – It’s common sense for us French : NOUS
25-across – Is Lear staged in the Middle East? : ISRAEL
26-across – In the gallery, Series C is cut short : TRUNCATE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – CIA and he redeveloped a large estate in Spain : HACIENDA
2-down – Egghead, since an unknown, is relaxed : EASY
3-down – Society girl to run one into the red : DEBTOR
4-down – Dress container found in car : GEARBOX
5-down – Assassination here with Sally, by Jove, involved : SARAJEVO
6-down – Public servant left you initially in the approved manner : OFFICIALLY
7-down – An old presidential bowler? : TRUMAN
13-down – Now it’s December 25 : PRESENTDAY
16-down – Girl’s fur is wrongly recorded : MISSPELT
18-down – A gift from Rita and the first guy : GRATUITY
19-down – Watch the first letter in Canada : ALBERTA
21-down – It’s always I first with him : EGOIST
22-down – Place before former American network : PLEXUS
24-down – Particular place in France : NICE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22659 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22659 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22659 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Jolly good fellow interrupted by lush, it may be, of which 25 is wished : BRITISHLUCK
9-across – Try a salute with silver in the house : HAVEAGO
10-across – Everything in the present is likely to go up : BALLOON
11-across – Tending to tend towards victory fed by broken rules : NURSELIKE
12-across – Knife used in kitchen, say? : KUKRI
13-across – Look for man with turban, say? : SEEK
14-across – Grey holds container turning oil to custard : ZABAGLIONE
16-across – C 24 – auctions in trouble : INSOUCIANT
19-across – Shoes for horses? On the contrary : STUD
21-across – When a Sikh has an honoured place among Hindus : NASIK
22-across – Well content with favourite part, a classy number : PETROLEUM
24-across – See 25 : AREFREE
25-across – Old city races hinge around wrongdoing by learner, I’m afraid, not being detained: love, for example, is nothing : THEBEST
26-across – Manually challenged, perhaps, with not enough people : SHORTHANDED

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Singers from Yorkshire town caused one stress : BEVERLEYSISTERS
2-down – Buccaneer having lost his head – and his rag : IRATE
3-down – Am I a Scots endearment for a West Indian climber in the Pacific? : IWOJIMA
4-down – Dutch painter on rustic rostrum : HOBBEMA
5-down – Turn oven up at cathedral? I wouldn’t bet on it : UNLIKELY
6-down – Suppresses non-task – he choked, possibly : KNOCKSONTHEHEAD
7-down – See 25 : THINGS
8-down – See 25 : INLIFE
15-down – Cowboy raised young creature on South African plateau : BUCKAROO
16-down – Where there’s a charge for a Scotsman in Greek : IONIAN
17-down – Advance while the devil’s on holiday : IMPREST
18-down – Number for Venetian painter detailed in register : NOTITIA
20-down – Homework, as it were, comes round with German cotton : DIMITY
23-down – Exhortation to study The Maid of the Mountain : OREAD

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22658 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22658 clues and answers were published on Wed 23 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22658 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Good, slightly indecent activity at sea : PIRACY
4-across – A short sleeveless coat with arms? : TABARD
9-across – Lincolnshire village well off for fish capacity : CRAN
10-across – Development of trouble to curtail one’s movement : ULCERATION
11-across – Take second drink to continue crack and chat : GOSSIP
12-across – Put wrath behind one and compromise : ENDANGER
13-across – Petty officer, unsurpassed : SMALLTIME
15-across – Boy to see through? Absolutely! : YVES
16-across – Peach, like Carol : SING
17-across – Daily char tidied up for presiding officer : CHAIRLADY
21-across – One to support the present Queen? : SECONDER
22-across – Horse and trap fit for a fairy : COBWEB
24-across – One’s got this, being perhaps too shaky : APOSTROPHE
25-across – Breath of air from south coming through the opening : GASP
26-across – Little boy falls into Scottish river that’s in spate : SPEEDY
27-across – Hurry to get them on : SKATES

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Hairstyle worn by pro in play : PERFORM
2-down – Ravings of queen insects : RANTS
3-down – Dish for serving a flat cake : CRUMPET
5-down – A plait, say, to wear down : ABRADE
6-down – Ann and Violet, characters in this story : ANTINOVEL
7-down – Steers, perhaps, with them to guide : DROVERS
8-down – Treatment enough to make one yell : SCREAMTHERAPY
14-down – Reeling out, angles for seafood : LANGOUSTE
16-down – The sound of planes – and noisy flight-makers they are! : STEPPES
18-down – Restrained, as the king might be : INCHECK
19-down – Turns out and gets into line : DRESSES
20-down – A party on the left is to be cherished : ADORED
23-down – Sectarian bias understood? Not so! : BIGOT

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22656 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22656 clues and answers were published on Mon 21 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22656 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Reliable way to limit bloodshed : STAUNCH
5-across – Extraordinary refusal by the board : NOTABLE
10-across – Sidewalk pedestrian : CRAB
11-across – What no man may serve in brigs? : TWOMASTERS
12-across – Samuel’s mother is unaffected by reversals : HANNAH
13-across – Barrels found around ancient dumps : DOLDRUMS
14-across – O for an employment exchange! : JOBCENTRE
16-across – Man-of-war rounds the point for shelter : BOWER
17-across – Rates set aside; rents remain : TEARS
19-across – A snowdrop? : AVALANCHE
23-across – Without vigour of late? : LIFELESS
24-across – Close – doubly close in fact : NEARBY
26-across – Man takes action as a precaution : JUSTINCASE
27-across – I need nothing, thanks, or very little : IOTA
28-across – Course given in arms : BEARING
29-across – Sort of study carried out by bathyscape? : INDEPTH

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Rent row produces a storm : TORNADO
3-down – Ancient city prohibition applies to all cities : URBAN
4-down – Understand and win popularity : CATCHON
6-down – Appeal to a mass meeting with words : ORALLY
7-down – PM comes out of No 10 for a break : AFTERNOON
8-down – US city has false alarm that’s cut short : LARAMIE
9-down – Cabinet minister provides rally in disaster : LORDPRIVYSEAL
15-down – Go in after fish and chips : CARPENTER
18-down – He won’t eat anything : EPICURE
20-down – Illumination provided 26 across? : LANTERN
21-down – Practice at home ground : HABITAT
22-down – Devoted to continue lamenting the dead? : KEENON
25-down – A point about wood for burning : AFIRE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22654 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22654 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22654 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Shifting responsibility by handing over the money : PASSINGTHEBUCK
9-across – Salinger’s baseball player? : CATCHER
10-across – Dog – right one for working underground : COLLIER
11-across – Informal exchange of calcium for university stock : USUAL
12-across – Reworked sum and failed in the old system : FEUDALISM
13-across – The precision of former bit of play on water : EXACTNESS
14-across – Trusty horse set out with English duke : STEED
15-across – The tool to put back part of fireguard : AUGER
17-across – State capital’s endless ceremony : SACRAMENT
20-across – Wily Tania somehow got ready to attack : LAYINWAIT
22-across – One settling abroad to live is put out by personal assistant : EXPAT
23-across – Settled down with society in established surroundings : ROOSTED
24-across – Tempted everyone headlessly pickled : ALLURED
25-across – Scheme to return works here to be shelved? : LENDINGLIBRARY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Moses’ or John’s works seen here? : PICTUREGALLERY
2-down – This porcelain’s a must, as seen abroad : SATSUMA
3-down – At home Henry needs a peak gas supplier : INHALATOR
4-down – Beast knocking top off tree in clumsy act : GIRAFFE
5-down – Minor difficulties, but High School captures one t-trophy : HICCUPS
6-down – A second science room erected in wood : BALSA
7-down – Hint about one fault in the cooking : CUISINE
8-down – Deep matter idly represented, but in a planned way : PREMEDITATEDLY
14-down – Communal fund for a night on the tiles? : SLATECLUB
16-down – The chap’s run out with exercises used with canvas : GUYROPE
17-down – Stay upright in a sub? : STANDIN
18-down – Cry out about a poor act? : CATCALL
19-down – Mope about, requiring atmosphere to lift in the stores : EMPORIA
21-down – Well-known and set to music : NOTED

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

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