Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22247 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22247 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22247 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Absorb abstract : DIGEST
4-across – Outer layer of letter I fire shells at : EPIBLAST
9-across – The common man, being skint, changes sides : BLOKE
10-across – Work record brought into smart but specious argument : CHOPLOGIC
11-across – Headhunter’s current employment in part of England : HAMPSHIRE
12-across – The compiler is to report to the gangway : AISLE
13-across – Feeling bad about being unimpressed, initially, by the widow’s mite, say : CONTRIBUTION
17-across – Bloom given praise before 12 : MORNINGGLORY
20-across – Weapon carried by livestock? : ESTOC
21-across – Markets dramatist, getting a reasonable cut : FAIRSHARE
23-across – Bullying the astronaut is out of order : STRONGARM
24-across – Sounding bored with remote access? : OUIJA
25-across – Start to shrivel and decay, as passion may : SMOULDER
26-across – Notice cinematic litigant’s return : REMARK

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Bird with modern date reflected on old one with bumpkin : DABCHICK
2-down – Look into what happens in casinos at twilight : GLOAMING
3-down – Cooks in house of ill repute : STEWS
5-down – Worker on trial is in concert in part of church : PROTESTANTISM
6-down – Charge a toll at the dwindling river : BILLABONG
7-down – A blow grips university, falling between academic years : AUGUST
8-down – Label lacking head and heart : TICKER
10-down – On the way up, stitch up playground feature : CLIMBINGFRAME
14-down – A contralto not keeping time, perhaps, in gummy passage? : ROOTCANAL
15-down – Boy and girl rising for a piece of music : SONATINA
16-down – Denmark, a hyperactive place with a platform for free speech : HYDEPARK
18-down – Certain to secure second victory, standing against… : VERSUS
19-down – … last of Hague’s Tories, I lost badly, needing two speakers : STEREO
22-down – Smashed the oven : STOVE

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22246 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22246 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22246 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Prisoner talked wildly, being inside: infelicitous setter’s gone, with no Guardian in the act : INFLAGRANTE
9-across – Lake on which animals feed : LUCERNE
10-across – Decoration held by singular subject of Scottish king : MACBETH
11-across – 1 18 passed the 7? : REDHANDED
12-across – In 10 I effectually see a criminal : THIEF
13-across – Container with back portion for catching thinkers? : TANK
14-across – Tsarevitch on stage before general in charge briefly wanders in : PRINCEIGOR
16-across – Time for cover up about a cock-up on the Embankment : THAMESSIDE
19-across – See 13 : TRAP
21-across – The Soul of Robin’s leader when beheaded : ATMAN
22-across – Watch of two hours? I do twenty a week : HALFTIMER
24-across – Here’s the rub: the French crowd wants most of it back : MASSEUR
25-across – Fish and wine telescoped at the side of the house : CARPORT
26-across – Confirm Conservative talk about 12, say : CORROBORATE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Notes, by the way, to accompany the action : INCIDENTALMUSIC
2-down – See 23 : FIRMA
3-down – Editor to finish in part of USA : AMENDER
4-down – Fast so I went, clutching my parents : RAMADAN
5-down – Particulars of attractive sartorial features? : NICETIES
6-down – Governs empire in disorder from wild flower : EVENINGPRIMROSE
7-down – Wine spilt by 10? : CLARET
8-down – Beetle takes tea with iron in it : CHAFER
15-down – Wet weather, darling? Sounds like we could use huskies instead? : REINDEER
16-down – Goethe’s dream, a problem for the psyche : TRAUMA
17-down – Ladies’ wear, so they say, with lively movement : SCHERZO
18-down – See 1 across : DELICTO
20-down – Goody-goody to scold a 12 : PIRATE
23-down – Land with art, firearm at the ready : TERRA

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22245 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22245 clues and answers were published on Tue 26 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22245 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – View of father and mother a girl accepted : PANORAMA
5-across – Gossip’s story about heartless tart : TATTLE
9-across – Relief worker and former model : TEMPLATE
10-across – In front of the foreign drinks plant : TEASEL
11-across – Leave off before man gets promoted : ELEVATED
12-across – On board, having very French accent : STRESS
14-across – Colour soldiers required during map exercise : CHARTREUSE
18-across – Daisy to get married; discuss ceremony : MARGUERITE
22-across – Fancy nothing the sailors consumed : ORNATE
23-across – Ten creep out of show : PRETENCE
24-across – Assembly rejected pointless rumours : NOISES
25-across – Fancy sage, too? : LIKEWISE
26-across – Long way back to get spectacles : SIGHTS
27-across – Said to surpass essence from a plant : BEETROOT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Golf club with parking, say : PUTTER
2-down – Song having less feeling? : NUMBER
3-down – Charge again to see large duck in show : RELOAD
4-down – Concern over warning device which people climb on : MATTERHORN
6-down – Opening for a salesman turned up, true to form : APERTURE
7-down – Try fellow university student, as refined : TASTEFUL
8-down – Listened when eccentric signed on : ENLISTED
13-down – Associate priest sat with Irene at sea : FRATERNISE
15-down – Confiscates £1 million : IMPOUNDS
16-down – Transporting black band home before midnight : BRINGING
17-down – Result of dividing likely cost with one into good books : QUOTIENT
19-down – Let it stand about in some way : STREET
20-down – Fashionable, like job centre colour : INDIGO
21-down – Joiner employed in the building industry : CEMENT

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22244 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22244 clues and answers were published on Mon 25 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22244 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – Poison scare in disaster : ARSENIC
8-across – The French are after refreshing quiet drink : TEQUILA
10-across – Consecrate into an order : ANOINT
11-across – Found on a ship aft, perhaps, and fragile : TAFFRAIL
12-across – It is small, yet strangely irritating to the eye : STYE
13-across – Jeopardize settlement : COMPROMISE
14-across – Preliminary plan for training harbour guides? : PILOTSCHEME
19-across – Threatened badger quarters : BROWBEATEN
22-across – Reputation is something we all have : NAME
23-across – Nothing more than a captaincy for a Royal Marine : COMMANDO
24-across – Is in its rightful place among Latin phrases : INSITU
25-across – Spring adjusted and firmly fixed : WELLSET
26-across – Wound to striking pitch? : KEYEDUP

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Stop for Jack to revive : BRINGTO
2-down – Disease of more than one fruit, we hear : BERIBERI
3-down – It’s a sign language, of course : TICTAC
4-down – Embark on an explanation : SETFORTH
5-down – What one may give a quid for – drink for enough people : QUORUM
6-down – Oval 45-inch mince pies : ELLIPSE
9-down – Spread into a moist spray : ATOMISATION
15-down – The place for a deep sleep? : OCEANBED
16-down – One in church? : MINISTER
17-down – A number swindled – that’s dishonest : CROOKED
18-down – He’s not paid for taking a friend over the old city : AMATEUR
20-down – Politician caught by cunning habit of a nun : WIMPLE
21-down – Is included amongst those who are against rackets : NOISES

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22236 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22236 clues and answers were published on Mon 25 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22236 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Noisy performance given daily — one with some variation : CHARIVARI
10-across – Lack of warmth with Ulster tribe of old : ICENI
11-across – Sprinter fails to start is state religious establishment : NUNNERY
12-across – Writer whose first name Cockney finds exceeding difficult to pronounce : KIPLING
13-across – Many a bird is a thrush : MAVIS
14-across – Season to study ten-cent book : CONDIMENT
16-across – Obstacle to commission — a rise, less a/c sent in error : SALESRESISTANCE
19-across – Leading director, keen and economical : DAVIDLEAN
21-across – Having planted seed, therefore had to get married : SOWED
22-across – Slow part of service? : GRADUAL
23-across – Man in service used to bore at length about nothing : DRAGOON
24-across – Heart-throb turns up at college : PULSE
25-across – Forward to study manure : READDRESS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Saved what does come in for recycling : ECONOMISED
2-down – A number of Romans in sexual revelry : CARNIVAL
3-down – Sundry loons, for example : DIVERS
4-down – Victory comes in time for Sir Humphrey : DAVY
5-down – Betsy and her charge — unfortunately insane : DICKENSIAN
6-down – The Grauniad’s road race? : MISPRINT
7-down – Decrepit Kentish river? : SENILE
8-down – Pottery from Birmingham : MING
14-down – Needlework given as complement to Queen : CREWELLERY
15-down – Not quite the last word in hair fashion : TRENDINESS
17-down – Traditionalist Jew to quote in certain quarters : SADDUCEE
18-down – Inventor unused to officer and other ranks : NEWCOMEN
20-down – In depraved situation Jack’s likely to succeed … : VIABLE
21-down – … and cast out drink : SHANDY
22-down – College servant supply some of the means to get plastered : GYPS
23-down – Attraction of the lottery : DRAW

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

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