Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22242 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22242 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22242 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Students about to make a mistake : SLIPUP
5-across – Hot peas dished out in small cafes : TEASHOPS
9-across – Prime Minister, democratic leader, country’s first person : DISRAELI
10-across – Something curious – fish crosses river with it : RARITY
11-across – Actual site for a new allotment : REALLOCATION
13-across – Infant born in a tree : BABY
14-across – Skilful story book editor : TALENTED
17-across – Friend left in front of shopping complex in the heart of London’s clubland : PALLMALL
18-across – Inventor, firstly, was always testing technology : WATT
20-across – Thirteen pass out hereabouts : INTHESEPARTS
23-across – Verdi opera, say, before and after orchestral overture : OTELLO
24-across – Fine gentlemen annoy social workers : GALLANTS
25-across – Old instrument designed for rest and play : PSALTERY
26-across – Empty space in French cars : SEDANS

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Type of paper placed face up : LAID
3-down – Representation of beam in doorway : PORTRAYAL
4-down – Less experienced coppers turned up before the outbreak of hostilities : PREWAR
5-down – Turning to get light lit, I spy child’s toe : THISLITTLEPIGGY
6-down – King George I taking a drink out for a governor of Britain : AGRICOLA
7-down – Wooded area forming part of King Arthur’s territory : HURST
8-down – Executed cherub hated being bad : PUTTODEATH
12-down – Ancient, as a setting for old people : CANAANITES
15-down – Innovative form of air transport – and where the Guardian may be bought : NEWSSTAND
16-down – Boys are very fond of aromatic plant : LADSLOVE
19-down – Father is holding learners responsible for unnecessary embellishments : FRILLS
21-down – Meat for Arab leader brought into college dining room : HALAL
22-down – Rock and roll fanatics : STUN

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22241 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22241 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22241 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Dress up bride more extravagantly : EMBROIDER
10-across – He runs the function, sounding a gong : EMCEE
11-across – A stork nesting in a warm Arab outbuilding : MARABOU
12-across – Wreck, a danger at sea : TORPEDO
13-across – A weightwatchers’ congress? : DIET
14-across – Kept changing Indian team : MAINTAINED
15-across – Time for the next flight of 22? : TONIGHT
17-across – Tiny member of the school : TIDDLER
19-across – Defiant assertion of my remorse? : IMPENITENT
22-across – Slow-moving birds : OWLS
23-across – Developing nitrogen with a fragrance : NASCENT
24-across – Champion? She aims off : MESSIAH
26-across – Unattached libertine : LOOSE
27-across – Policy statement could be obtained by means of it : MANIFESTO

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – German builder at redeveloped disaster area : BERMUDATRIANGLE
2-down – Once a premier university : ABERDEEN
3-down – Resting place near doctor : TOMB
4-down – A bird found in the officers’ mess? : ADJUTANT
5-down – It’s the heart of the matter for the fashionable set : PROTON
6-down – Direction taken by patients needing attention to their backs? : REARWARD
7-down – Riddle: It’s silver in the cinema : SCREEN
8-down – Where the less important fishes learn? : SECONDARYSCHOOL
16-down – Enlivened by going sandy? : GINGERED
17-down – English men in part of camp accommodation : TENEMENT
18-down – Toes will curl at the very bottom : LOWLIEST
20-down – Kind of gun, ancient to Shakespeare : PISTOL
21-down – Some Amerindians looked up to them : TOTEMS
25-down – It is sometimes cracked, but is otherwise sound : SAFE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22240 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22240 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22240 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Drunk? That’s rich! : LOADED
4-across – Brazier needs cooler to put ripe fruit in : FIREPAN
9-across – Happy about piece of cake I consumed being frozen : GLACIATED
10-across – Drunk at Christmas? : MERRY
11-across – Drunk, if there’s one more boat in pieces : EIGHT
12-across – Drunk without a squeak – boring being successful? : WELLOILED
13-across – Drunk: sleep may be induced in consequence : SOZZLED
15-across – Die on land which isn’t sufficient : DEARTH
17-across – Quite fair? : PRETTY
19-across – Dangerous stuff, gas: explorer retreats before it : TOBACCO
22-across – Drunk, ready to be painted? : PLASTERED
24-across – Change, etc, to 11 : OCTET
26-across – Drunk having floods? : LITUP
27-across – Drunk stuff to throw back – don’t hasten away! : BOLLINGER
28-across – Needing no brush, artist comes in to surveille : SPRAYON
29-across – Drunk artist on top of brush : BLOTTO

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Drunk students entertain birds when there’s a shortage : LEGLESS
2-down – A tropical fruit, nothing less, amid Scots : AMANG
3-down – Short letter reveals exaltation of starter holding gun : EPISTOLET
4-down – Drunk ran away clutching posh theologian : FUDDLED
5-down – Lover with a capital ring : ROMEO
6-down – Drunk city batsman quietly uplifted : PARALYTIC
7-down – Total immersion is one day’s work : NOYADE
8-down – Drunk too long in the pot? : STEWED
14-down – Religious leader from Australia raised on a hot day : ZOROASTER
16-down – Relative enters salami cooked like divine bread : AMBROSIAL
18-down – Polish article that’s about to become Nigerian : YORUBAN
19-down – Drunk on winks? : TIDDLY
20-down – Black stuff found in the majority of root vegetables in Canada : ONTARIO
21-down – Fruit drinks, about twopence : APPLES
23-down – Drunk – lasts a year? : TIPSY
25-down – Drunk, but still tense? : TIGHT

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22239 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22239 clues and answers were published on Tue 19 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22239 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

5-across – Dog upset tailless zoo bird : BORZOI
6-across – Strong old boy in sign of deterioration : ROBUST
9-across – Kind of printing no longer available to produce : OFFSET
10-across – Unwise, not right, impolite : IMPUDENT
11-across – Appropriate part of school game for a girl : OLGA
12-across – One to discredit Nigel’s drum playing : MUDSLINGER
13-across – A way round the conurbation … : ORBITALROAD
18-across – … or a way though it : HIGHSTREET
21-across – Ring Kitty back : LOOP
22-across – Actor holding the pit can act with arrogance : DOMINEER
23-across – Detailed short note seen in time : MINUTE
24-across – Test limits of dependence in examination : ORDEAL
25-across – Chap to produce knock down, followed by a cry of pain : FELLOW

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Tree shelters hares running, something not usually experienced indoors : FRESHAIR
2-down – Man doubles on the drum : TOMTOM
3-down – A crossword person, I gather : COMPILER
4-down – Refrain that’s difficult to bear : BURDEN
5-down – Stump with device to retrain the flow : BAFFLE
7-down – Naughty child with hard problem losing its head : TINKER
8-down – Repeat rides around temporary dwellings : PIEDAATERRE
14-down – Where the crisps are secure : INTHEBAG
15-down – Exhausted colleague’s year off taking everything together : ALLINALL
16-down – Garment I’m acting in turned up all right : KIMONO
17-down – Fawn is an animal, say, to draw : KOWTOW
19-down – In confusion, I had run out Bob : HAIRDO
20-down – Paddy’s mood : TEMPER

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22238 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22238 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22238 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Wear a well-styled beard : ABRADE
4-across – Balance fish plates : SCALES
9-across – Victoria thumbed by Jack for a lift? : PLUM
10-across – Hold hands? : STEVEDORES
11-across – It may be recommended as a sun resort : NASSAU
12-across – Place set aside for development : DARKROOM
13-across – Dangerous situation that frightened buccaneer to death : BLACKSPOT
15-across – It’s only fair : JUST
16-across – Emotional state low, with onset of depression : MOOD
17-across – Retired permanently on grounds of ill health : BEDRIDDEN
21-across – They’re lawless, a little grasping also at half-time : BANDITTI
22-across – Oriental vessel is a mile in length : SAMPAN
24-across – Examined and ploughed : TURNEDOVER
25-across – Squalid place where many people live, 50 in all : SLUM
26-across – Before this time in the past : ERENOW
27-across – Strict clergyman has a setback in the diocese : SEVERE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Not a sunny greeting! : ALLHAIL
2-down – Uncle who helped found city : REMUS
3-down – Dispute being second in field event : DISCUSS
5-down – Hurrah for good health : CHEERS
6-down – Peer about like Humpty Dumpty : LOOKROUND
7-down – Lengthen your stride, if a stair tread is missing : STEPOUT
8-down – Induce to become religious? : LEADTOBELIEVE
14-down – Wooden steps? : CLOGDANCE
16-down – Act or dance : MEASURE
18-down – Stock book : RESERVE
19-down – Removal time guaranteed : ERASURE
20-down – A Broadcasting House workshop? : STUDIO
23-down – Tricky shot manipulative female has no use for : MASSE

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

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