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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22386 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22386 clues and answers were published on Fri 07 Dec 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22386 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Mr Cruise takes a cruise, first on one river then another : POTOMAC
5-across – Some milk I left for a duck : PINTAIL
9-across – It’s not fair to mourn : PLAIN
10-across – Wearing a metal jacket, one gets no back injuries : ABRASIONS
11-across – Drunk after drink is unassailable : WATERTIGHT
12-across – Petty Officer with navy blue material : PORN
14-across – A recruit on a manoeuvre? Not at all! : AUCONTRAIRE
18-across – Noted Spanish gypsy taking tea break – one caught by service provider : CARMECHANIC
21-across – Vessels a Scottish poet topped : URNS
22-across – A paid athlete has to go down deeper : PROFOUNDER
25-across – Match at sea in sea film : SEMIFINAL
26-across – Country where native leader is seen in Roman costume : TONGA
27-across – Do spies change place in order? : DISPOSE
28-across – Piece of mosaic Greek god put back : TESSERA

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Father waits outside for fruit : PAPAWS
2-down – Short treatises about street transport : TRACTS
3-down – Psychic worker going underground without fear : MINDREADER
4-down – Animal taking cover on island : COATI
5-down – Dolly bird entered temple : PARTHENON
6-down – Regency architect from the north remains : NASH
7-down – A game soldier taking arrowhead for self-defence : APOLOGIA
8-down – Spartan commander given only half a tool : LYSANDER
13-down – Mythical murderer misleading court and press : PROCRUSTES
15-down – Ragged cheer once needed sticking together : COHERENCE
16-down – Damned prosecutor finally smothered by one on trial : ACCURSED
17-down – Chess expert losing last three family members : GRANDMAS
19-down – Part of a wooden seat from Hans Christian Andersen’s birthplace : ODENSE
20-down – Prepare girl for battle with the fleet : ARMADA
23-down – Fair odds allowed for a piece of meat : FILET
24-down – Hairstyle for revolutionary or sportsmen : AFRO

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22385 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22385 clues and answers were published on Thu 06 Dec 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22385 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Old rulers establish spies in Spain : PLANTAGENETS
8-across – Incantation against poacher’s first peril : MANTRAP
9-across – Like it could bring the house down, audibly breathes the Irishman with regret : SEISMIC
11-across – Twig for cash : REALISE
12-across – Cubist varsity type? : OXONIAN
13-across – Licentious spectacles in college : LOOSE
14-across – One can work in computer apparatus : APPLIANCE
16-across – Opponent wins over philosopher : GAINSAYER
19-across – Close to being the opposite of 13 : TIGHT
21-across – Account for one’s involvement in abandoned scheme : EXPLAIN
23-across – It’s the same in France – not unusual for a souvenir : MEMENTO
24-across – Settling in gent’s outfit : NESTING
25-across – Arthur English somehow used to pass water : URETHRA
26-across – Cooking of Anne’s to brag about? : BEANSONTOAST

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Bird has drink trouble : PINTADO
2-down – Other transport used in Spain after rail disaster : AIRLINE
3-down – Tory paper offered one for nothing to circulate in Ireland : TIPPERARY
4-down – Boy given to exuberance : GUSTO
5-down – Scot turns up with tailless bird in Africa : NAIROBI
6-down – Plug First Telecom’s current charge : TAMPION
7-down – Male gender reconstructed in colour – of 3? : EMERALDGREEN
10-down – Religious establishment on island left according to custom : CONVENTIONAL
15-down – Average sum – there’s nothing better : PARAMOUNT
17-down – Setter is out of date – you can’t escape that : IMPASSE
18-down – One could be converted to saint – eg Pancras? : STATION
19-down – A casual worker with time to paint : TEMPERA
20-down – Range from cosy turning to torrid : GUNSHOT
22-down – River explored by retired major general : NEGRO

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22384 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22384 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Dec 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22384 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Embodiment of male reserve gets shot : COCKSHY
5-across – Don’t allow us to write in Black Hills state : SUSPEND
9-across – Lettuce’s wrinkle? There’s much more underneath : TIPOFTHEICEBERG
10-across – Fairy’s sign with pound for shilling : ARIEL
11-across – Having downed tools, down tools to hit harder : OUTSTRIKE
12-across – Don’t stop monarch entertaining another Poe, for example : KEEPGOING
14-across – Standard American’s a sham : BOGUS
15-across – Excite love clad in reddish brown : ROUST
16-across – Four-letter word causes great problem in public transport : TETRAGRAM
18-across – Accompaniments of roast turkey on barbershop floor? : TRIMMINGS
21-across – Graduate’s back with another dance : SAMBA
22-across – Refinery, as it were, in … in trying to catch … a lot of fish : FINISHINGSCHOOL
23-across – French town – here lace beer at sergeant’s direction : ALENCON
24-across – Not so many letters from canal builder : LESSEPS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Model way to be unaccompanied in Kipling’s story : CATWALK
2-down – Prisoners at play? : CAPTIVEAUDIENCE
3-down – Accompaniment of 6 19, downy like a feather : SOFTLIGHT
4-down – A lout, some say a hoodlum : YAHOO
5-down – Insolvent soldier raised to height – very touching! : SKINTIGHT
6-down – Guardian entry into arranged course : SWEET
7-down – Flower : EVENINGPRIMROSE
8-down – Go off and do excavations in the matter of a ship : DIGRESS
13-down – Purpose of being taut as reported : INTENTION
14-down – Supporters like this and like greens : BRASSICAS
15-down – Traitor finds Our Thing leaderless, which takes the biscuit : RATAFIA
17-down – Spots setter, one without sense, including the French : MEASLES
19-down – Notes sound on 1 down, say, almost unfit : MUSIC
20-down – Watch fifth change to second seal : SIGIL

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22383 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22383 clues and answers were published on Tue 04 Dec 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22383 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Settlement of conflict is in hand : DEFRAYAL
5-across – MP died during summing up : REDCAP
9-across – Money put in bank not long ago : RECENTLY
10-across – Dramatist rewrites a scene : SENECA
11-across – Stop to mention an island : COLONSAY
12-across – Capriciously spoilt Shakespearean role : PISTOL
14-across – Battered hake dropped into girl’s top? That’s novel! : BLEAKHOUSE
18-across – An American woman’s promise is a dangerous thing : BROADSWORD
22-across – Get high before big exams : TRIPOS
23-across – Corruption riddled Victorian project : PROTRUDE
24-across – Autocrat created a scare : CAESAR
25-across – It’s essential for weakling to keep a small coin : RUDIMENT
26-across – Oriental plant festival : EASTER
27-across – Supporter for a girl in depression : ADHERENT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Honest conduct : DIRECT
2-down – In appearance the Italian is slick : FACILE
3-down – A footballer stores new canopy : AWNING
4-down – Festival permits touring stately home : ALLHALLOWS
6-down – Rowing team without a word of consent makes sense : EYESIGHT
7-down – Fastening holds up trunk of tree : CHESTNUT
8-down – Dressed-up street traders have nobleman tucking into tarts : PEARLIES
13-down – Decent reason for public entertainment : FAIRGROUND
15-down – Col. Bates demolished barrier : OBSTACLE
16-down – Manager protects a number showing emaciation : BONINESS
17-down – Recommend against commander breaking a tryst : ADVOCATE
19-down – Holy man gets widespread support for violent struggle : STRIFE
20-down – In Scottish island measure gas : BUTENE
21-down – Decay found in grain? Get away! : BEATIT

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22382 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22382 clues and answers were published on Mon 03 Dec 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22382 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Capital one invested in a new casino : NICOSIA
5-across – Dad looked amazed : POPEYED
10-across – Transport will be back at eleven : TAXI
11-across – Leave the wrong impression : PERMISSION
12-across – Greek god, part herald, part messenger : HERMES
13-across – They returned hurt, watched on 60s’ TV : AVENGERS
14-across – My! Chopin’s unusually melodic : SYMPHONIC
16-across – Fast getting chilly : NIPPY
17-across – Pass out with many a twitch : SPASM
19-across – Get garage to assemble parts : AGGREGATE
23-across – Later exchanges in court battle : WATERLOO
24-across – 5 to 4 on the winner that’s lively : VIVACE
26-across – They impressed old sailors : PRESSGANGS
27-across – English flower seen on the golf course : TEES
28-across – Badly aligned at the front : LEADING
29-across – Speak to one’s home : ADDRESS

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Pointlessly altering any line : INANELY
3-down – Head leaves the platform in resentment : ODIUM
4-down – Painting technique Pam is to become involved in : IMPASTO
6-down – Hungry boy – or about to be : OLIVER
7-down – Calm and painless death : EASYGOING
8-down – Presumably, I get a lift during this tour : EGOTRIP
9-down – Where strain will cause a parting : BREAKINGPOINT
15-down – Mad, being had : POSSESSED
18-down – A plain repair I made a mess of : PRAIRIE
20-down – Edited version of the Bible : REVISED
21-down – They admit they’re often punched : TICKETS
22-down – Give the signal to pass a bottle of wine : FLAGON
25-down – Parties appeal to him : VOTER

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

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