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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22617 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22617 clues and answers were published on Thu 05 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22617 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Agreed to restore silver ball : DRAGEE
4-across – Traveller has company for short distance, but not time to speak : COMMUTER
9-across – Tom goes round right over the box : CARTON
10-across – Some costermongers make a habit of taking first prize for potatoes : PEARLIES
11-across – River Test is out of the way for fat cats : INDUSTRIALISTS
13-across – Girl missing last dance at end of autumn, which is becoming quieter : DIMINUENDO
14-across – Bird distinguishable from many around : MYNA
16-across – Yard detective pursues rabble by the book : MOBY
18-across – Progenitor protecting boy from legislators : PARLIAMENT
21-across – Forthcoming seaside attraction? : FORTUNETELLING
23-across – Last month I met defeat: this is the end : ULTIMATE
24-across – Universal high ball in endless high wind : GLOBAL
25-across – Hairstyle king and subject initially abandoned – nothing doing! : DEADLOCK
26-across – Is felt, perhaps, to be egocentric? : ITSELF

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – See 16 : DICK
2-down – Radar, for example, finds buddy in America : ACRONYM
3-down – Having the gift of the gab, the Spanish love to question English books : ELOQUENT
5-down – A grandparent, for example, may be intemperate : OVERINDULGE
6-down – Tree climbing? Have a go at climbing inside a shrub : MYRTLE
7-down – A goodly number keep the Sabbath dry : THIRSTY
8-down – Lad about to take exam again is impervious : RESISTANT
12-down – Taking the blame, cutie-pie, may make you feel better : THERAPEUTIC
13-down – Surprise, stupid! There’s nothing in the kitty! : DUMBFOUND
15-down – Come a cropper in seasonal abode? : FALLFLAT
17-down – On the clergy’s head be it; art is metamorphosed : BIRETTA
19-down – Make Sir be responsible for kick upstairs : ENNOBLE
20-down – King, temporarily lost for words, left after me to get a drink : KUMMEL
22-down – A character on the staff : CLEF

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22616 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22616 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22616 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Sharpens reflexes with games : SPORTS
5-across – Come with a fag : ROLLUP
8-across – Saw some English livestock : EPIGRAM
9-across – Without conflict, Warsaw Pact is a useless tool : CATSPAW
11-across – Artie, Ellen and Grant, maybe : ETERNALTRIANGLE
12-across – Slip in reprimand after tearing 19’s : TRIP
13-across – Green fabric bags I almost go crazy about : ECOLOGICAL
17-across – A Merry Christmas is often likely : ONTHECARDS
18-across – Refuse stopping short old king : OFFA
20-across – Illegal with summer over? : UNDERTHECOUNTER
23-across – Train maiden for kiss with this ruler : EMPRESS
24-across – Move on from striking with good racket : OUTGROW
25-across – Said to raise a smile when snapping : CHEESE
26-across – Written order speaks of wrongdoing on duty : SYNTAX

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Tariff advertising one musician : PRICELIST
3-down – Eager for artist to call : RARING
4-down – Curve on mineral is coming up in images : SIMULACRA
5-down – Sure cure sustaining comeback : RECUR
6-down – Unnatural doziness could be greatly enhanced with hydrogen : LETHARGY
7-down – Get Margaret off the line? : UNPEG
8-down – Choose path involving degree of shock : ELECTROCUTE
10-down – Turn to town in Cumbria for conveyance : WHEELBARROW
14-down – Somewhat ridiculous : LUDICROUS
15-down – Vehicle outside festival gets one to a place of refreshment : CAFETERIA
16-down – London’s in tune with the reported bum? : DERRIERE
19-down – Bought it having gone for one of these : BURTON
21-down – End with page for a profundity : DEPTH
22-down – Urgency shown by topless virgin : HASTE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22615 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22615 clues and answers were published on Tue 03 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22615 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Drink causes man to turn sick at a party : AMONTILLADO
9-across – It could be a 7th century pope : MARTINI
10-across – Producer of bent European carrot : CREATOR
11-across – It’s an insult to speak like an Iranian : ASPERSION
12-across – Order a pound of daggers : OBELI
13-across – Girl with money – a Thatcherite mantra : TINA
14-across – Benito’s own short-comings in unnatural birth : BLACKSHIRT
16-across – Place for publicans and sinners? : BEHINDBARS
19-across – A bird short of style : CHIC
21-across – Room for action by Bobby in Peckham, say : SCOPE
22-across – Spike has ups and downs in Cornwall : GOONHILLY
24-across – Inability to make progress, ie train management : INERTIA
25-across – Bottom drawer in Shakespeare? : TITANIA
26-across – Gay partners just wed down under? : NEWHEBRIDES

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Satellite’s descent of little significance : ADROPINTHEOCEAN
2-down – Cockney knitted goods dealer and basket maker : OSIER
3-down – Hearing about 6 like 1 : TRIVIAL
4-down – The French, elliptic possibly, but terse : LACONIC
5-down – Watering hole – a hole possibly leading to habit : ALEHOUSE
6-down – How Railtrack should have proceeded : ONTHERIGHTLINES
7-down – Effect of what a child might do : IMPACT
8-down – Munch: perhaps I start to crunch : ARTIST
15-down – It could be wet round this : UNDERTOW
16-down – Footwear for performin’ on the hoof : BUSKIN
17-down – Secure a pledge from a saucy woman : BAGGAGE
18-down – Jumper’s rest disturbed and it wakes you up : ROOSTER
20-down – Accountant finds many assorted islands as a tax haven : CAYMAN
23-down – Unwelcome form of death : HATED

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22614 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22614 clues and answers were published on Mon 02 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22614 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Child to accept sign of disapproval as well : TOBOOT
4-across – Water nymphs in a sad muddle : NAIADS
9-across – Food bill : MENU
10-across – Divine, the French crew’s accommodation : FORECASTLE
11-across – It describes a foot in metres : IAMBIC
12-across – Enthusiast on the ball for tantalising entertainment? : FANDANCE
13-across – She dreads laying out capital investment : HEADDRESS
15-across – Some soldiers can return to university : UNIT
16-across – Be inclined to make a charge : TILT
17-across – It affects the weather in a winter battle zone : COLDFRONT
21-across – Ships and, in them, pirates : BRIGANDS
22-across – Goes round foreign bistro : ORBITS
24-across – Runs without running : BOUNDARIES
25-across – Innocent abroad? : NAIF
26-across – Weakly, one insect holds another back : FEEBLY
27-across – Such heroes are not celebrated : UNSUNG

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Hasn’t made a score in years : TEENAGE
2-down – Advertisement for a jacket : BLURB
3-down – Major, for example, put in charge in advance : OFFICER
5-down – Possibly a grave sign of stress : ACCENT
6-down – Type that’s rarely in bar seat : ABSTAINER
7-down – Seek proper treatment for colitis : SOLICIT
8-down – An office chair : PROFESSORSHIP
14-down – Once a public transport industry : DILIGENCE
16-down – Stop vessel caught in swell : TURNOFF
18-down – Pops round to unload guilt : DROPSIN
19-down – What the poor man has and the rich man wants : NOTHING
20-down – Necessitate being in late for assembly : ENTAIL
23-down – It’s an African language, but oddly includes English article : BANTU

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22612 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22612 clues and answers were published on Fri 30 Aug 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22612 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – A top oarsman named locally in Treasure Island : BENBOW
5-across – Comparison made with short polar bear! : PARABOLE
9-across – A 5 down who wanted a fair playing field? : LEVELLER
10-across – Came ashore like a laird : LANDED
11-across – Part of a power station used for cultivating cucumbers? : COOLINGTOWER
13-across – Turn on the red stuff : GORE
14-across – After a successful one, Neil replied: No, it’s cold! : MOONSHOT
17-across – Young doctor : HOUSEMAN
18-across – Veering due north without cover : NUDE
20-across – The preacher’s book : ECCLESIASTES
23-across – Seafood eaten by Thomas Campion : SCAMPI
24-across – The Italian floor covering is in a state : ILLINOIS
25-across – The figure at the centre of Defense : PENTAGON
26-across – Substitute for the heart of conversations with final ending : ERSATZ

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Avon once in dire need : EDEN
3-down – They make white seats in US arenas : BLEACHERS
4-down – Premier orchestra in victory : WILSON
5-down – Member of Oliver’s house party? : PARLIAMENTARIAN
6-down – Faith system: core of belief found in tract : RELIGION
7-down – House call! No big deal! : BINGO
8-down – Belgian city rulers, who have subjects : LIEGELORDS
12-down – Transport for a kind of angel? : MOTORCYCLE
15-down – Where people lay gleefully at camp? : SINGSONGS
16-down – Super way of breaking records : SMASHING
19-down – Leader once in battle epic : ATTLEE
21-down – The drunken speedster is twice over it : LIMIT
22-down – Elder and younger both end turning up on time : PITT

This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.

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