Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22033 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22033 clues and answers were published on Thu 19 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22033 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – 24s retreat by road : GOBACK
4-across – Stone missing from plan for levels : STRATA
9-across – Peter and Paul upset Andrew? It can’t be done : PERPETUALMOTION
10-across – Josh gets scared : WINDUP
11-across – 24s could say, eg: The cooler was the Tower originally : WEWEREAT
12-across – See 1 : ALONGWAY
14-across – See 11 : SCHOOL
15-across – Group therapy started by doctor : THEWHO
18-across – See 11 : TOGETHER
21-across – North Cornish river encompassed by showman with flying colours : GONFALON
22-across – Do another one before the sergeant comes in! : ENCORE
24-across – Cancel a do strangely retaining odd bit of finale which is forgettable : OLDACQUAINTANCE
25-across – Composer going back to camp by the French river : MAHLER
26-across – British and French XI – and the third? : BRONZE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Find me a girl to sit on the bishop’s knee : GREMIAL
2-down – Ape beheaded in order to get Man : BIPED
3-down – Past effects during birdcall from the dreaded tool? : CATSPAW
5-down – It raised a catcall, as in the past : TIMEWAS
6-down – Subsequently one-footer gets to model millinery : AFTERTHAT
7-down – A number of eggs served up at a party as a starter : AVOCADO
8-down – Irish note, ever poetical, played on the flute : GALWAY
13-down – Modern 17, feminine at heart, with rapid report : NEWSFLASH
16-down – Cover for chimney is criminal : HOODLUM
17-down – Round, with brains in colour, not straight : OBLIQUE
18-down – Money has power and it preserves : TINCAN
19-down – Refuse collector, one dependent on string? : GLEANER
20-down – A problem for the listener, right one in every point : EARACHE
23-down – Feature containing a measure of pitch : CHAIN

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22031 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22031 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22031 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Little Maureen met nun refurbishing shrine : MONUMENT
9-across – Getting mug with nothing in against a voucher : COUPON
10-across – Youth leader in a squalid neighbourhood seeking shelter : ASYLUM
11-across – Mould seen outside at a religious building : TEMPLATE
12-across – Unidentified girl admits nothing … : ANON
13-across – … about going into back of athlete”s Herald : FORERUNNER
15-across – Name people not coming back around one : MENTION
16-across – Needing soft water on board for minor injuries? : SPRAINS
18-across – Poles decline to meet employees : FLAGSTAFFS
19-across – Spacious and on first class lines : AIRY
20-across – Posts as it’s not folded : STATIONS
22-across – Story about an island race that’s mere gossip : TATTLE
23-across – Girl’s simple article overlooked heterodoxy : HERESY
24-across – Doctor acknowledging cause of death? : DROWNING

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – No potent replies to malicious message in writing : POISONPENLETTER
2-down – Co-operating as a tug-of-war team : PULLINGTOGETHER
3-down – Getting through to farms about ground that’s always frozen : PERMAFROST
4-down – Height of land round ancient city : STATURE
5-down – Dregs of society writing back about copper : SCUM
6-down – Slyly taking advantage of towing a racing car? : PULLINGAFASTONE
7-down – And not the navy, having one about to disembark here : NORTHERNIRELAND
14-down – Put elsewhere, wild ponies riot : REPOSITION
17-down – Sporting violation not acceptable to team : OFFSIDE
21-down – Only student less than 10 stone! : ONYX

This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22030 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22030 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22030 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Decoration worn on one’s chest : TIEPIN
4-across – Minor shows discourtesy : SLIGHT
9-across – Took off commercial about keep fit exercises : APED
10-across – Decisive court action for a divorcee? : TIEBREAKER
11-across – Make rapid progress in a profession : CAREER
12-across – Music in D sharp, nothing unusual at the end of the day : RHAPSODY
13-across – Abominable service! : BLACKMASS
15-across – Fairly big orderly : TIDY
16-across – Gracious! What an uncommon chap! : LORD
17-across – He’s entitled to act badly in pantomime : DEMONKING
21-across – State carriage? : VICTORIA
22-across – Two-foot tropical tree : PAWPAW
24-across – Irish county’s team’s openers : CORKACREWS
25-across – Spots before the eyes : SEES
26-across – Defeat for party : THRASH
27-across – Notice the opening coming : ADVENT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – A bit of rigging works in the end : TOPSAIL
2-down – Provide proper directions first : ENDUE
3-down – One kept in during school break : INTERIM
5-down – A trail possibly taken by cowboys to the rodeo : LARIAT
6-down – Kids drink it : GOATSMILK
7-down – Producer of a graceful child : TUESDAY
8-down – Valley requiring aidor development? : DEPRESSEDAREA
14-down – Meticulous janitor : CARETAKER
16-down – Displayed a willingness to invest? : LAIDOUT
18-down – Objected to work, took up modelling : OPPOSED
19-down – Certainly it’s not far eastern in origin : NEAREST
20-down – Tells these jokes : CRACKS
23-down – Don’t use the tawse indiscriminately : WASTE

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22028 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22028 clues and answers were published on Fri 13 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22028 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – She has pain in both sides : RACHEL
4-across – Frequently a couple of papers are taken on a round : OFTTIMES
9-across – Gathering of spare fruit : PEARS
10-across – Go after a short skirt – it’s a science : CHEMISTRY
11-across – Spell out Hindhead in Dorset : CHARMOUTH
12-across – It’s seldom man gets infected with an animal ailment : MANGE
13-across – Viola player’s busy time? : TWELFTHNIGHT
17-across – Motion that could lead to a fall : NOCONFIDENCE
20-across – With drink it’s right to be taking notice : ALERT
21-across – Laxative taken mistakenly – in private, that is : APERITIVE
23-across – Cultural centre backs arts with model car : STRATFORD
24-across – Sign of Blair embarrassment? : LIBRA
25-across – Lock spring breaks giving uninvited access : TRESPASS
26-across – A politician before, Andre’s currently a physicist : AMPERE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Blame a financial centre for greed : RAPACITY
2-down – Hard case training for party activity : CHARADES
3-down – A salt course? : EPSOM
5-down – When new fried fish are cooked, one likes the window open : FRESHAIRFIEND
6-down – Attempted to hold bend at speed and was successful : TRIUMPHED
7-down – Women’s movement has little insurrection : MUTINY
8-down – A pen was the first to be so described : STYLED
10-down – Grass-roots TV audience : COUCHPOTATOES
14-down – Battleground – stage for salesman to make a killing? : FRONTSTEP
15-down – In happy state of having space adequate for working : ENVIABLE
16-down – Teen rave as a new form of worship : VENERATE
18-down – Trollope’s legal coterie : BARSET
19-down – Extent of French endless 1 down : DEGREE
22-down – Religion requires one to distribute alms : ISLAM

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22027 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22027 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22027 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Skeleton said to be a man : DRAUGHT
5-across – Officer, good and full : COPIOUS
9-across – Old mariner talking with verbosity : ORATING
10-across – Partied riotously – got lifted : PIRATED
11-across – Strong drink producing severe wind : NORWESTER
12-across – Maybe a giant fish : TROLL
13-across – Protests by the people : DEMOS
15-across – Are pack, perhaps, keeping me back? Certainly not! : PACEMAKER
17-across – One putting arms, say, beyond use : MUTILATOR
19-across – Army block retreat to capital : RABAT
22-across – Jumped from ale, oddly enough, to port : LEAPT
23-across – A hollow row? : BREADLINE
25-across – Music daily? Almost daily! : RAGTIME
26-across – Make what you will of this night : TWELFTH
27-across – A drop of blood : DESCENT
28-across – Depression shown on the map? : DIMPLES

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Was swallowed by the waves? Swallowed is about right : DROWNED
2-down – Sorting out letters, eg having no stamp, for postman : ANAGRAM
3-down – The Speaker’s ridiculed by party leader : GUIDE
4-down – Hole in lady’s garment pocket : TIGHTSPOT
5-down – Crown worn by Queen Dido : CAPER
6-down – Turn back carriage clock – hand repeatedly off : PARTTIMER
7-down – Viewpoint that’s not in fashion : OUTLOOK
8-down – For lower pound, admitted craftsman : SADDLER
14-down – A gem of a game : SOLITAIRE
16-down – Mean beast checked out and frisked : CURVETTED
17-down – Lady is of the soft left : MILDRED
18-down – Vapour issuing from blowhole initially : TEARGAS
20-down – Some hat trick! Said to make one flush! : BRIMFUL
21-down – Note: sheet to be changed when baby does this : TEETHES
23-down – Bird of shore and river found in reeds : BRENT
24-down – In endlessly tragic situation, English show vision : DREAM

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

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