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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22174 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22174 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Apr 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22174 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – Composer who made his mark : STAINER
8-across – Lover of food gets mince pie treatment : EPICURE
10-across – Language barrier in American intelligence, being backward : ARABIC
11-across – Algy sees poorly without one : EYEGLASS
12-across – Penal accommodation required for current generation : CELL
13-across – Suspect article in pawn may lead to speedy apprehension : POLICETRAP
14-across – Medical study of unbeliever in Hades … : DIAGNOSTICS
19-across – … a true description of Hades? : DEADCENTRE
22-across – Roger is taken in by a girl – the fool! : PRAT
23-across – Russian member of religious order Puritans dissolved … : RASPUTIN
24-across – … thus containing a suggestion of religion : SHINTO
25-across – Worker with vegetables? : PEASANT
26-across – Democratic East End neighbourhood goes round the bend : POPULAR

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Dissemblings point to Conservatives : STORIES
2-down – Girl liable to variation ?- in 33 ways : DIABELLI
3-down – Bird liable to inspire terror in the ranks? : REDCAP
4-down – Meal not started before being cancelled – that’s a blow : UPPERCUT
5-down – Cat seen round the church a great deal : OCELOT
6-down – Old lover plays with model trains : TRISTAN
9-down – Quite satisfied with water? : WELLCONTENT
15-down – Morning from Grieg: ten pieces : GREETING
16-down – Added financial commitments make officer peevish : CAPTIOUS
17-down – Dead in bed – and none too soon! : BELATED
18-down – State trial is corrupt and biased : PARTIAL
20-down – Send down for speedo tampering : DEPOSE
21-down – Anyway, no use catching first train from here : EUSTON

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22173 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22173 clues and answers were published on Tue 03 Apr 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22173 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – City Hall – first class, about to receive a king : SALONIKA
9-across – Indian worker adopting western divinity? : WALLAH
10-across – Be helpful as a bus conductor – or rude? : TELL
11-across – Sadly, Dorothy’s without love and terribly sour : DOLOROUSLY
12-across – Weak and ineffective insect swallowed a pair of bees : FLABBY
14-across – Port supplied by brother is poison : BRISBANE
15-across – See 10 : SOMEONE
17-across – See 10 : WHERETO
20-across – University folk trained accountant the wrong way : ACADEMIA
22-across – See 10 : GETOFF
23-across – Respond to 999 calls? Get lost! : GOTOBLAZES
24-across – Warning number heard : FORE
25-across – Misshapen rustic tree : CITRUS
26-across – Former holy books man intended to be for all : EXOTERIC

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Battle later developed into chase : WATERLOO
2-down – One would have the Sun going round the Earth : SOIL
3-down – Twelve did wrong in a month : MIDDAY
4-down – This beast can jump barrier by a ruin : WALLABY
5-down – Draw diffused ray, perhaps a bit on the short side : DWARFISH
6-down – Lots of rain could start to bring rust somehow : CLOUDBURST
7-down – Fish in sea round both sides : MARLIN
13-down – It might help, if you were to use your loaf! : BREADBOARD
16-down – Like the Unknown Soldier, demonstrating maleness in conflict : NAMELESS
18-down – Structure on stern of ship is overweight when erected – and weak : TAFFRAIL
19-down – More than one zone in Yorkshire countryside impresses deeply : DAZZLES
21-down – Composer sets down church composition at home : CHOPIN
22-down – One’s against boastful talk? On the contrary! : GASCON
24-down – Escaped one of the miseries of winter, it’s said : FLEW

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22172 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22172 clues and answers were published on Mon 02 Apr 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22172 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Rift created by a broken promise? : BREACH
4-across – Fights are things dogs enjoy : SCRAPS
9-across – Worker right to be bitter sometimes : BEER
10-across – All union members finished business for the day : CLOSEDSHOP
11-across – An inventor having no team for back-up : EDISON
12-across – It comes under a general vote in the Commons : DIVISION
13-across – Implement for eating meat paste? : CHOPSTICK
15-across – Washington provided for homeless child : WAIF
16-across – Break seal to get drinks : ALES
17-across – The growth of the fairytale : BEANSTALK
21-across – May be seen round the trunk of this tree, perhaps : TEESHIRT
22-across – Quiet seaman gets by, looking scruffy : SHABBY
24-across – Accommodation for a model family : DOLLSHOUSE
25-across – Come up against an objection : ABUT
26-across – Back me to supervise relief work : EMBOSS
27-across – Capital A followed by S? : ATHENS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – The scope of the Bard? : BREADTH
2-down – Is paid pots, they say : EARNS
3-down – Fruit for the shy : COCONUT
5-down – Equal to both parts of 13 : CLEAVE
6-down – One who helps satanists out : ASSISTANT
7-down – There’s no performance of The Peacock : SHOWOFF
8-down – What a travelling orchestra goes on? : CONDUCTEDTOUR
14-down – Two irons used by journalists together : PRESSCLUB
16-down – Holding soldiers up in a unit is a bloomer : ANEMONE
18-down – New rise just coming into effect : NASCENT
19-down – A sailor scowls about Herculean tasks : LABOURS
20-down – Figures in the University Boat Race : EIGHTS
23-down – Lower in a mathematical scale : ABASE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22170 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22170 clues and answers were published on Fri 30 Mar 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22170 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – Unfeeling comment – no good, completely useless : DEADLOSS
9-across – Cold compartment used for a buffet outside church : ICEBOX
10-across – Could be a pet tip, say : PEKE
11-across – The sailor’s asking for an annulment : ABROGATION
12-across – One’s stupid to make it dull around the west : DIMWIT
14-across – The speed of a star with no centre : CELERITY
15-across – Rascal upset the seaman : LASCAR
17-across – Wormy bit of deal needing treatment? Oh, I say! : MYWORD
20-across – 4’s work : THEWATER
22-across – See 20 : BABIES
23-across – Put on society clothing, or track suit? : SPORTSWEAR
24-across – Preoccupied sailor has turn round piano : RAPT
25-across – Name the number below : NETHER
26-across – Account after writing information sheet : HANDBILL

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Army unit call intended as a cure : REMEDIAL
2-down – Used for dressing tots, we hear : ADZE
3-down – Part of cooker provided on drawing capital? : HOBART
4-down – Writer likes New York gravity, possibly : KINGSLEY
5-down – Dangerous post : LETTERBOMB
6-down – Follower of flickering torch needing to take in oxygen : COHORT
8-down – Smart one with the cones : SPRUCE
13-down – 4’s work : WESTWARDHO
16-down – Flair shown in sitar playing attempt : ARTISTRY
18-down – By which one can alter handle : DEEDPOLL
19-down – Breaking of the law, say, concerning gun part : BREECH
21-down – Worker in Kent, one getting grain? : HOPPER
22-down – To drill can be tedious : BORING
24-down – Old city set up beside a stone : RUBY

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22169 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22169 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 Mar 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22169 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – Night is unusual source of enlightenment : INSIGHT
8-across – Slovenly Auntie Penny is often seen in bed : PETUNIA
10-across – It blew in the clash of armies : SHOFAR
11-across – Is it practised by Donald’s dicky doctor? : QUACKERY
12-across – The colour of the downs : BLUE
13-across – What planners do to supporter in rage : BRAINSTORM
14-across – Pacific islands that draw in butterflies : ADMIRALTIES
19-across – The case for the prosecution? : ACCUSATIVE
22-across – Songster spent night in strong wind : GALE
23-across – Did she flutter when the male bird ate noisily? : COQUETTE
24-across – You can take the lead from it : GALENA
25-across – A shape for locks and buttons : PAGEBOY
26-across – Skunk restin’ awkwardly with its tail tucked in : STINKER

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – High-rise housing for the workers? : ANTHILL
2-down – Carpet for the landing? : AIRFIELD
3-down – Angelic being, one overthrown, they say : CHERUB
4-down – Something to eat put about new cane product : PECANNUT
5-down – Hyacinth Bouquet sounds pale : BUCKET
6-down – Glasses for Narcissus? : MIRRORS
9-down – Gems decorating a main square : AQUAMARINES
15-down – There’s none of this in battle : INACTION
16-down – Fruit producer on a poultry-farm? : EGGPLANT
17-down – Fellow pupil : SCHOLAR
18-down – One who grows something for the pot : PLANTER
20-down – Loan shark certainly found in the City once : USURER
21-down – Numbers seen in a row : EIGHTS

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

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