Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22014 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22014 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22014 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – : IHAVENTACLUE
8-across – This is for breakfast? Love a duck!, Mark interjected : OATMEAL
9-across – His room is refurbished in a style seen in Spain : MOORISH
11-across – In the middle of the day horse is in shape : NONAGON
12-across – Embassy official loses car certificate : DIPLOMA
13-across – Mistake has tinker guillotined : ERROR
14-across – Dunce is amusing or unruly : IGNORAMUS
16-across – Suspend hospital department? That’s severe! : STRINGENT
19-across – Live wire caught round pole? It can’t be helped! : GONER
21-across – They say a sailor’s offensive : ASSAULT
23-across – Write about mineral in food : PEMICAN
24-across – A seat has nap trimmed by Leo : PILLION
25-across – Charge makes Peter go wild : PROTEGE
26-across – Speaker reserves royal box for arranger : ORCHESTRATOR

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Vocaliser is working in Bury : INTONER
2-down – Nemesis starts to vilify evil-doer in fury : AVENGER
3-down – Rose’s inelegant disposition : EGLANTINE
4-down – Victim I defended is revealed to be fearful : TIMID
5-down – Policeman holding Henry’s egg-beater : CHOPPER
6-down – Even a place of higher eduction has class : UNIFORM
7-down – Cashiers fish from the side of the ditch : COUNTERSCARP
10-down – Analyst leads woman round bowling area : HEADSHRINKER
15-down – Bond to observe hesitation when taking hold of breast : NOTEPAPER
17-down – King holds saint to be a lawbreaker : RUSTLER
18-down – Feed US rhino wrongly : NOURISH
19-down – Footwear and books getting covered with soup : GUMBOOT
20-down – Greek character to vindicate form of energy : NUCLEAR
22-down – Chiton cut short initially in North Africa : TUNIS

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22013 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22013 clues and answers were published on Tue 26 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22013 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Disciplined soldier : ORDERLY
5-across – Being distressed, fitted with warning device : ALARMED
9-across – Confers one right in order to stand up for oneself : FIGHTONESCORNER
10-across – Top place in classical Greek : ATTIC
11-across – Blow the eccentric employed at the checkout : SWIPECARD
12-across – Outline of ale tin thrown in river : DELINEATE
14-across – Establish cast : FOUND
15-across – The worker leaves the animal to run away : ELOPE
16-across – One making his mark at the Edinburgh Festival? : TATTOOIST
18-across – Account has debts following agricultural policy that’s generous : CAPACIOUS
21-across – Get rid of most of spots in middle of week : ERASE
22-across – Personal accounts? : AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
23-across – Some styles return, returning briefly : TERSELY
24-across – Arrangement of tunes about the army produces complaint : TETANUS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – RU action, with parts exchanged, laid back : OFFHAND
2-down – Rigid Metal Co. put out calculating machine : DIGITALCOMPUTER
3-down – Reserve strange rite with feeling, they say : RETICENCE
4-down – Rising TV company holding number for a long time : YONKS
5-down – Somewhat restrained, bats ten in order : ABSTINENT
6-down – Unique shellfish sailor discarded : ALONE
7-down – A reduction in manufacturing? : MINIATURISATION
8-down – Showed contempt of document about travel, mainly : DERIDED
13-down – Record replacing note in Anthony Palgrave’s work : ANTHOLOGY
14-down – Possibly wrote flop – one containing bloomers? : FLOWERPOT
15-down – Finish endless war cry and make entrance : ENCHANT
17-down – Worries – with three missing locks : TRESSES
19-down – Vehicle with the French guy : CABLE
20-down – Fish, Jack? : SPRAT

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22012 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22012 clues and answers were published on Mon 25 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22012 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Eyebrow raising writer : PENCIL
5-across – Indecision shows us soft in reason : SUSPENSE
9-across – Type of porcelain food container : EGGSHELL
10-across – Condition of tank, perhaps, after attack from the air : RUSTED
11-across – Magic lantern – a feature of Christmas entertainment? : ALADDINSLAMP
13-across – Classical maid who always had the last word : ECHO
14-across – Not the main road from Spithead : SIDEPATH
17-across – Maybe more cuts will attract one : CUSTOMER
18-across – Potting aids : CUES
20-across – The chairman of the directors could be in deep water : MANOVERBOARD
23-across – Pacific island in which a girl may be found sunbathing : BIKINI
24-across – Deceives more than once : TWOTIMES
25-across – Popular pro : INFAVOUR
26-across – Strain that’s a trifle unexpected : FILTER

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – The advantage being sharp gives one : EDGE
3-down – Look round for a way to throw a fight : CASTABOUT
4-down – Tiny raised inlay that may have to be made up : LEEWAY
5-down – Fishmonger having a monopoly? : SOLEDISTRIBUTOR
6-down – Play to the balcony : SERENADE
7-down – Peg-legged supporter of the Arts : EASEL
8-down – The second mate raising the issue? : STEPMOTHER
12-down – Business residence : OCCUPATION
15-down – Punishment escaped by unnamed soldiers : PACKDRILL
16-down – Not a fatal disease, but one I’m to peg out from : IMPETIGO
19-down – Lifting service inaccurate, well out : FAROFF
21-down – Board has positive answers from two European states : OUIJA
22-down – Measure of night-time temperature : METE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22010 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22010 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22010 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Hog the motorway? Give over! : DOMINATE
9-across – Guided by instinct, did nothing : IDLED
10-across – Find fault with vehicle parking : CARP
11-across – Rang from no great distance : SHORTRANGE
12-across – Narrow Southern characteristic : STRAIT
14-across – In grave recession one’s after a little work to bear fruit : BERGAMOT
15-across – It’s difficult to keep order when she’s about : DEBORAH
17-across – What journalist witnessed is destined for cutting : HACKSAW
20-across – Task covered by worker, a loner : ANCHORET
22-across – Chemical can be made up at shop, … : POTASH
23-across – … remedy for when the wife collapses? : DUTCHDROPS
24-across – The key to higher education? : YALE
25-across – Loner resolved to join : ENROL
26-across – 100% green product may cause unhealthy reaction : ALLERGEN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Theologian no go at operatic work : IOLANTHE
2-down – Pander to a sanctimonious politician : PIMP
3-down – Fool gets involved in gamble over a dog : BASSET
4-down – Soldiers lack faith in defence : REDOUBT
5-down – End of the line for the House of Hanover : VICTORIA
6-down – Where to get a cheap jumper? : FLEAMARKET
7-down – Soldier makes love with a girl in a leisurely way : ADAGIO
13-down – A drug he’s no right to carry? : APOTHECARY
16-down – Dog needs a top class leader for training : AIREDALE
18-down – Jack you may forgive : ABSOLVER
19-down – Turkish test included in Western alliance set-up : OTTOMAN
21-down – Some nasty turn on the briny? : NAUSEA
22-down – Soft steel being flexible, it needs mortar : PESTLE
24-down – But there are more than three flat feet here : YARD

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22009 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22009 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22009 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Turned out a casual shirt – bored with it : ATTIRED
5-across – Hole in dilapidated car giving rise to complaint : CHOLERA
9-across – A large barrel is used in making port : TUNIS
10-across – Account presented for amending testament : STATEMENT
11-across – Occasions when children may not be choosy : ELECTIONS
12-across – Taking a drink about four is vital : ALIVE
13-across – To make oneself look good – conventional – quiet : PRIMP
15-across – Promptitude in installing audio equipment around bars : EARLINESS
18-across – Others die off, so it’s supposed : THEORISED
19-across – Midnight, with nothing on hand : GLOVE
21-across – A country not fancied by many : REALM
23-across – Tending to effect some improvement? : TREATMENT
25-across – Snappy devil, a social worker, has to join in! : IMPATIENT
26-across – The beast overturning everything to a certain degree : LLAMA
27-across – Figure Diana, a sheepish creature, will accept silver : DIAGRAM
28-across – Particular concerning parking in school environs : RESPECT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – An ass in the city : ANTWERP
2-down – Taste with obvious hesitation popular oriental fruit : TANGERINE
3-down – Note the party is to be corrected : RESET
4-down – Records about past finds : DISCOVERS
5-down – Guys making cracks : CHAPS
6-down – Working rep got in a muddle : OPERATING
7-down – Some species of laurel emit this fragrant resin : ELEMI
8-down – A number with long hair will take part : ACTRESS
14-down – Circumference of a Middle Eastern spirit measure : PERIMETER
16-down – A barker plainly embarrassed the crossword composer! : REDSETTER
17-down – No longer in accord over a charge, that’s clear : EXONERATE
18-down – Tardier characters idly hung around : TARRIED
20-down – Draw for use of spare court : EXTRACT
22-down – A Grecian fashion : ALPHA
23-down – With the final change there’s a certain amount of heat : THERM
24-down – A slut fractured her ankle : TALUS

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

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