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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22296 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22296 clues and answers were published on Fri 24 Aug 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22296 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Sanguine John found in bed? I stand corrected : BLOODSTAINED
8-across – Roue : RONDEAU
9-across – Translator keeping man on board turns in acknowledgement : RECEIPT
11-across – Volunteers some books on odd childish behaviour : TANTRUM
12-across – A lot of bouts I deem to be beyond the pale : OUTSIDE
13-across – Dead city, initially sunk in wickedness : SLAIN
14-across – Judge takes account of island lawyer in a tree : JACARANDA
16-across – Ben with a twitch losing his head over a song about nettle rash : URTICARIA
19-across – It sticks over a point : PASTE
21-across – Unrestrained, a politician breaks into bombast : RAMPANT
23-across – Dependent on Slater coming back without a name : RELIANT
24-across – Girl to court boy, as established by law : ENACTED
25-across – It’s strange in Scotland and is found around lake where it winds down : UNCOILS
26-across – Points to classy Rasta grabbing female, one with inability to cope : NEURASTHENIA

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Toff upset over an unknown on a winning streak : BONANZA
2-down – Manage too much and exceed the limit : OVERRUN
3-down – Bandmaster beat superior : DRUMMAJOR
4-down – Roots out the trunk : TORSO
5-down – Troublemaker upset one cretin : INCITER
6-down – Impression of volume : EDITION
7-down – Old king with quotes about a lake cuts a bizarre figure : GROTESQUERIE
10-down – Put it there! as novel approach for person treating disease : THERAPEUTIST
15-down – Hoar-frost experienced north of the border and many went quickly on to the Unionist church : CRANREUCH
17-down – Story about one doctor and a meat dish : TIMBALE
18-down – Take it easy on the Queen’s vessel : COASTER
19-down – Bird life depleted by 50% in a nut tree : PELICAN
20-down – Carpets taken up in a show of endurance : STAMINA
22-down – Time and dates: they change twice daily : TIDES

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22295 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22295 clues and answers were published on Thu 23 Aug 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22295 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

5-across – Despot left in dishonour : STALIN
6-across – Perhaps only seconds away from Arkansas capital : ANKARA
9-across – Roman road beside which old king has a stiffener : VIAGRA
10-across – Get drunk on Sunburst and throw : UNSADDLE
11-across – Prophet turning to drug : SOMA
12-across – One string attached to skinflint’s supporter : MISERICORD
13-across – Disposition of period pieces in 7 : TEMPERAMENT
18-across – Spooning Pasteur’s third inoculation? : OSCULATION
21-across – Concert for a thousand : PROM
22-across – Pack animal’s nerve centre : GANGLION
23-across – Stand and deliver backchat : RETORT
24-across – Shopkeeper and medic admitting violation : DRAPER
25-across – Get Andersen to order a cab : HANSOM

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Words to express Jock’s longtime about turn : LANGUAGE
2-down – Placate artists in mid-retreat : DISARM
3-down – Scientist in fear of a type of CD : ANGSTROM
4-down – Shakespearean crustacean I’d eaten up : BARDIC
5-down – Hearts, perhaps, or someone trying to win one : SUITOR
7-down – Charm everyone with flower : ALLURE
8-down – Forelock-tugging forwards taking queen to rival theatre : SUBSERVIENT
14-down – Quiet man about to stand as a traditionalist : PHARISEE
15-down – Piece of writing I have to write – it’s all about corruption : NEPOTISM
16-down – Linda’s off to Cyprus, say : ISLAND
17-down – Persecution of Englishman drinking lots of grog : POGROM
19-down – In France, a Gaul turns out to be claw-footed : UNGUAL
20-down – Categorical refusal to admit Romania’s a country : NORWAY

This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22294 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22294 clues and answers were published on Wed 22 Aug 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22294 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – So Thatcher: genius is she? No! City crashes with her utterance : THEREISNO
6-across – See 1 : SUCH
10-across – See 1 : THING
11-across – See 1 : ASSOCIETY
12-across – Remembrance of Things Past – poles apart from The Listener’s misery : OTALGIA
13-across – Ultimate theorist taking a pause between notes : FERMATA
14-across – Painstaking : SADOMASOCHIST
17-across – Community backing wild antics in communist cell : MONASTICORDER
21-across – Battle of Hood’s war god since yielded to Varanasi : BENARES
22-across – Scott’s diamonds cut with ease, perhaps : EUSTACE
24-across – Inventor of Pluvius insurance cover? : MACINTOSH
25-across – She drops one into ‘er accountant : ERICA
26-across – Goose born twice will come out in the wash : NENE
27-across – Issues aired here with modern saints – and about time! : NEWSSTAND

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Flyer could time it to the second on purpose : TITMOUSE
2-down – E. Sackville-West, a Latin-American icon : EVITA
3-down – Commitment on hand with battle arena : ENGAGEMENTRING
4-down – Has changed his spirit controllers : SHAMANS
5-down – Albatross, if icebound, can make things hard, naturally : OSSIFIC
7-down – Next duel needing a compliant second : UNEXALTED
8-down – Prime time to make stacks, we hear : HEYDAY
9-down – Ridicule second dog with two tails and one tailless parasite on head : SCURRILOUSNESS
15-down – 17 fellow getting out of taxi having blackout : DOMINICAN
16-down – Cad de trop with carte blanche : FREEHAND
18-down – Poet Wagner found idyllic? : SASSOON
19-down – Call for entertainment from Friesland she-cow, I gathered : ICESHOW
20-down – One of the 4, a nameless old refuse collector : OBIMAN
23-down – Am I an abnormal Jungian soul? : ANIMA

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22293 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22293 clues and answers were published on Tue 21 Aug 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22293 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Accumulation bet gets record : BACKLOG
5-across – Like Irish lake lacking hermit : ASCETIC
9-across – Point where monocle is used : SEMICOLON
10-across – Stagger about quietly in disgust : REPEL
11-across – -X/A : NEAT
12-across – Ruinous for an intellect around here in France : PERNICIOUS
14-across – One is not dressed without one : STITCH
15-across – Keen for decimal point : INTENSE
16-across – Ideal excuse when changing penny for silver : PARAGON
18-across – Refuse to eat hot buffet : THRASH
20-across – Feeling the needle a tiny bit : COMPASSION
21-across – Check cakes over : SNUB
24-across – Claim that one’s in French town, for example : ALIBI
25-across – Stars are odd man out : ANDROMEDA
26-across – Point out scene’s gist : ESSENCE
27-across – It covers most of the main features : YASHMAK

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Bowl recognisable in-swinger : BASIN
2-down – Brief agreement : COMPACT
3-down – Lap speed? : LICK
4-down – Midas’s parting gift? : GOLDENHANDSHAKE
5-down – Old Year’s beginning in caution and a New Year starts festively : ANNUNCIATIONDAY
6-down – Take off about right – I take off gently : CARICATURE
7-down – Storm ends last day trip with two who complain : TYPHOON
8-down – Part of empty vessel that can make music : CELESTE
13-down – Idleness of the male population? : STAGNATION
16-down – Box to fill time : PACKAGE
17-down – What’s left mum strapped : REMAINS
19-down – Travelling light? : SUNBEAM
22-down – Empty balloons start drooping : BLANK
23-down – Moment to ship plant : MOSS

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22292 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22292 clues and answers were published on Mon 20 Aug 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22292 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Find that the music has stopped? : DISCOVER
9-across – Girl I’m awfully gone on : IMOGEN
10-across – Stupefy in most unusual circumstances : STUN
11-across – The criterion for a Shakespearean character : TOUCHSTONE
12-across – Dramatist offering drink to royalty : PINTER
14-across – Draw headless female guide : DRAGOMAN
15-across – They interfere, we hear, with the fruit : MEDLARS
17-across – Lively supporter in oral conflict : ALLEGRO
20-across – Went back on returning animal without farm vehicle : RETRACED
22-across – Allowed Henry to appear mortal : LETHAL
23-across – Girl on wrong charge of twisting : CONTORTION
24-across – Awful sounding situation : SITE
25-across – Dubious tree doctor in faint : REMOTE
26-across – Net result to drunkard turning over warehouse : ENTREPOT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Stream of invective over assistance at race : DIATRIBE
2-down – Critically examine scientific article : SCAN
3-down – Incarnation of girl sailor : AVATAR
4-down – Sediment surrounding house : GROUNDS
5-down – Drink that’s difficult to take? : HIGHBALL
6-down – Be against getting company to book car on first trip : CONTROVERT
7-down – Rupture shows the lady’s in a flap : HERNIA
13-down – To the French, proportion shows open-mindedness : TOLERATION
16-down – Instrument for a judge : RECORDER
18-down – Response to stimulus, as soldiers to battle : REACTION
19-down – Thought a lot of maid becoming embarrassed : ADMIRED
21-down – Calls up girls: All right to come in? : EVOKES
22-down – Fast one held by youth leader seeking clemency : LENITY
24-down – Dampens rising agitation : STEW

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

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