Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22100 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22100 clues and answers were published on Mon 08 Jan 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22100 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – One that Midas got off the hook? : GOLDFISH
9-across – It leaves refined niceties for female members of the family : NIECES
10-across – Wide smile gives support : BEAM
11-across – Rich and of high standing? : WELLHEELED
12-across – Cannon ball? : POMPOM
14-across – They may support you when you retire in the country : CAMPBEDS
15-across – Identify unpleasant smell – but this won’t cure anything : PLACEBO
17-across – Occasionally imitates assembly after Head had left : ATTIMES
20-across – After drink, sat and thought : SUPPOSED
22-across – Important person gives an extensive lecture : BIGWIG
23-across – Note deficiency: get the governors to provide school equipment : BLACKBOARD
24-across – Book some variety turns : ACTS
25-across – Pubs re-built providing choice : SUPERB
26-across – Young stallholder : CHOIRBOY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Female takeover for the flower show : ROSEBOWL
2-down – A mother and father figure : ADAM
3-down – Lodge among native Indians : WIGWAM
4-down – Cup of tea left to go cold : CHALLCE
5-down – Where the cat sat in the dog-house : ONTHEMAT
6-down – Like gremlins, be mischievous : RESEMBLING
7-down – Guard is fed up to death : DEFEND
13-down – He has no scruples about impoverishing those that stand by him : PICKPOCKET
16-down – Primate, one born during the last US President’s time in office? : BUSHBABY
18-down – A compulsory turnout : EVICTION
19-down – Further progress : ADVANCE
21-down – Dotty pair from Dôsseldorf : UMLAUT
22-down – A scoundrel not worth bidding for : BADLOT
24-down – Port area : ACRE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22098 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22098 clues and answers were published on Fri 05 Jan 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22098 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Little heraldic Red Indian’s first ball, maybe given by a dog : GUIDANCE
5-across – Happy on excessive time with odd twos and ones, singer Johnny loses his head – not very cool stuff for appeal on board : PLEASE
9-across – Fanatical coleopterist reported to be chewed up : BETELNUT
10-across – Here and now in time to follow : ATTHIS
12-across – See 5 : THROWSTONES
15-across – See 10 : POINT
17-across – Maples for the One Nation : ACERACEAE
18-across – The English Miss Goddard has it in place of a chip : EPAULETTE
19-across – See 5 : DONOT
20-across – Prisons for soldiers who shouldn’t 12 : GLASSHOUSES
24-across – Legal statement of grievance by one in factory : PLAINT
25-across – Writing after death, I go in to bury a revolutionary : OBITUARY
26-across – See 5 : NOTICE
27-across – Safe shelter in new town : PETERLEE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Sweet dumbing down : GOBSTOPPER
2-down – Bury alive? In a transitional state from trivial 10 : INTERVITAL
3-down – Shining silver base : AGLOW
4-down – Form of trial: make up to mother before it : COURTMARTIAL
6-down – PM always here, seemingly, with some defamatory remarks on lout culture? : LOTUSLAND
7-down – A revolutionary’s yearning? : ACHE
8-down – How to stand on a chair? No problem : EASY
11-down – Sound of non-commercial lowland prophetess having nothing to be said for it : INDEFENSIBLE
13-down – Best way to hold up pub: everyone for striking, via the net? : TENNISBALL
14-down – Write a succulent article in French with a number of columns : PENTASTYLE
16-down – Lawrence Walker, cine-producer, looking good on the box : TELEGENIC
21-down – Far from normal in the way you treat me : OUTRE
22-down – Frank and actors are mine : OPEN
23-down – See 22 : CAST

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22097 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22097 clues and answers were published on Thu 04 Jan 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22097 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Try this Ampleforth product : SAMPLE
5-across – Detectives are aware of these doubts : SUSPECTS
9-across – He planted a tree using these hollow acorns : ANCESTOR
10-across – Put off when nearly through : ONHOLD
11-across – They indicate the stakes, not the mistakes : BETTINGSLIPS
13-across – A gunrunner : COLT
14-across – Famous racehorse who lit up the Classics? : HYPERION
17-across – Opening shot before the starter’s orders : APERITIF
18-across – Roman law pursues one prickly family : ILEX
20-across – They are fingered in exchange, connecting calls : WEDDINGRINGS
23-across – State with Bartok in and playing around : NEVADA
24-across – Fast in the water … : ANCHORED
25-across – … and fast on land : STRANDED
26-across – 5 down in the herb-garden : SIMPLE

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Fair Sally’s seated in jaunting-car : AUNT
3-down – Church elder confused by Peter’s introduction of ritual : PRESBYTER
4-down – Land in Spain, say : ESTATE
5-down – Undemanding, unlike a hooker! : STRAIGHTFORWARD
6-down – Locums try to do this at the dentist : STOPGAPS
7-down – Girl found in a chapel, topless : ETHEL
8-down – They are used when giving a 22 : TELEPHONES
12-down – It makes perfect tribute on radio : COMPLEMENT
15-down – Sun-god in rage brings nasty weather : RAINSTORM
16-down – Popular colours : STANDARD
19-down – Find fault with square boxes : KNOCKS
21-down – Some say Alexandra made it suitable for the Prince of Wales, for instance : DRAMA
22-down – Inventor of the bottomless pot : 1E1L

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22096 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22096 clues and answers were published on Wed 03 Jan 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22096 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Regulations pertaining to certain appointments? : POSTCODES
6-across – Editor all prepared for a scoop : LADLE
9-across – Range master is a lizard : AGAMA
10-across – Part swiftly after the wedding? : BREAKFAST
11-across – Considerable tension is required to pull it : GOODSTRAIN
12-across – This is it! : CLUE
14-across – One of a dozen : TWELFTH
15-across – Farm out wild polecat : FOUMART
17-across – You must be literate : READERS
19-across – K : WEEKEND
20-across – You could put one on your head : TOPI
22-across – Lively music for the M25? : JAMSESSION
25-across – In some degree the whole of Ireland may be seen dancing : BALLERINA
26-across – Declaim about VAT on bread? : ORATE
27-across – Put in chips but no fish : ENTER
28-across – Where to drink, having no trouble with 26 : SPEAKEASY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Police chief called after an accident : PRANG
2-down – Laundry works entertainment? : SOAPOPERA
3-down – Advertisement not for publication : CLASSIFIED
4-down – She may be a society girl ? or a horse : DEBORAH
5-down – He follows the trail of the lawless, if fresh : SHERIFF
6-down – Mere northern sport : LAKE
7-down – Sketch plate, so to speak : DRAWL
8-down – Begged for free hand-out, being in dire need : ENTREATED
13-down – Piece of Windsor Castle? : QUEENSROOK
14-down – Go overboard for a record : TURNTABLE
16-down – Heather got taken in by a shifty man from the States : AMERICANA
18-down – Structure acts its part in mathematical syllabus : STATICS
19-down – Without a dedicated person, remuneration would be unprofitable investment : WASTAGE
21-down – In bed one may use a joystick : PILOT
23-down – Poor state on banks of rising river : NEEDY
24-down – Apprehension of fare dodging? : FEAR

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22095 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22095 clues and answers were published on Tue 02 Jan 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22095 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Strengthen check on police, perhaps : REINFORCE
10-across – Run-producing stroke : DRIVE
11-across – Drink round drawback to one unwilling to spend : NIGGARD
12-across – European may object to a reverse fastener : ITALIAN
13-across – Old teacher lady in ancient city : USHER
14-across – Characteristic of fleshy part of head after a time, perhaps : MEATINESS
16-across – Splendid bit of writing with unhappy ending : CAPITALSENTENCE
19-across – Insect acting as brake on vehicle : DRAGONFLY
21-across – Sound ceremonial observance for Conservatives : RIGHT
22-across – Girl appearing in first part of Cicero, or any great writer : CLASSIC
23-across – Mad at French trick : FRANTIC
24-across – Shout of welcome for revolutionary monarch : CHEER
25-across – Adrift certainly about a foot : OFFCOURSE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Marked articulated : PRONOUNCED
2-down – High position for leading hand in pigskin manufacture : KINGSHIP
3-down – Business intrigue : AFFAIR
4-down – Reject some timid or pusillanimous thrust : PROD
5-down – With nice discrimination of French artist, including a version of Act 1 : DELICATELY
6-down – Thought table to be one of no practical use : IDEALIST
7-down – Minister needing to look into the future : DIVINE
8-down – Incline to be on the skinny side : LEAN
14-down – Masculine component in transgressor : MALEFACTOR
15-down – Shows at which glasses are required? : SPECTACLES
17-down – Clothing employers give up scrap first : TROUSERS
18-down – Futile to turn weapon on a politician : NUGATORY
20-down – Cast down when discovered in a plot : ABASED
21-down – Cause for debate : REASON
22-down – Turn up in a small boat : COCK
23-down – Instrument found in central Scotland : FIFE

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

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