Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21667 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21667 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21667 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – A privet : PRIVATE
5-across – Free Democrat returning abuse : DELIVER
9-across – Subpolar dance? : LIMBO
10-across – Happy brushing up our arts : RAPTUROUS
11-across – Bird pierced frontally by arrow? : REDBREAST
12-across – Object which made Muriel content : DEMUR
13-across – What the City expects when dealing with Names : MEANS
15-across – Mike and Beryl involved in diamond centre : KIMBERLEY
18-across – Great name for the Earl of Tunis : ALEXANDER
19-across – Dave’s change kept for rainy day : SAVED
21-across – The horse was spurred on by it : ROWEL
23-across – Madcap! You ______ , said Laurel : FOOLHARDY
25-across – Lean dog is playing close by : ALONGSIDE
26-across – Type of capital? : ROMAN
27-across – Vessel, part of which Captain Bligh terrorised : LIGHTER
28-across – Medication for a rough diamond : LOZENGE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Traveller who ended up in Mass? : PILGRIM
2-down – Direct current : IMMEDIATE
3-down – Loved one in the Glamour Girls : AMOUR
4-down – Set aside for tagged cattle? : EARMARKED
5-down – Transfer seedling to the garden warehouse? : DEPOT
6-down – She could deal with dirty linen and slander us : LAUNDRESS
7-down – Noise in garage speaks of more velocity in reverse : VROOM
8-down – Jaguar’s new coat? : RESPRAY
14-down – Lead solution sparkling in the dark : STARLIGHT
16-down – Leo With Two Rams hewn out of marble : MARMOREAL
17-down – Are they irritable when dressed alike? : LIVERYMEN
18-down – Messages from on high? : AIRMAIL
20-down – Poet embracing the old and respected lady : DOYENNE
22-down – Tort! I make way for man in wig : WRONG
23-down – One whose begging is in order? : FRIAR
24-down – Unit of frequency is painful to the ear : HERTZ

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21666 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21666 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21666 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Without hesitation, wicked and overbearing : IMPERIOUS
10-across – After 60 minutes, see one beautiful maiden : HOURI
11-across – Put on clothes-line, maybe, in den : HANGOUT
12-across – Case of vintage deposited in foyer : HOLDALL
13-across – Eagerly making an attempt – and ultimately winning : AGOG
14-across – What may be in store in French region : DEPARTMENT
16-across – Sound of cat getting back into bed – wicked! : CORRUPT
17-across – Officer’s unit left behind mountain pass : COLONEL
19-across – Where hay in transit may be keeping dry : ONTHEWAGON
22-across – Thrill created by half-visible predatory birds : BUZZ
24-across – Criticise a revolutionary for flamboyance : PANACHE
25-across – Dandy – foremost of comics with nothing wrong to rake through : COXCOMB
26-across – One of those known to be a vegetable : ONION
27-across – Flavour due to second fruit – minimum on front of tongue : SPEARMINT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Prim clot on march, unorthodox author : RICHMALCROMPTON
2-down – Free admission from old writer having got cross, upset : OPENDOOR
3-down – Black bird to stand in stream : BROOK
4-down – Support at lowest level : FOOTREST
5-down – Tricky maths, introduction to algebra, bringing complaint : ASTHMA
6-down – Greek character recently finding a hobby : PHILATELY
7-down – Compassionate tone when fellow is imprisoned : HUMANE
8-down – Be vile zealot and hit out – it’s in one’s character : VIOLETELIZABETH
15-down – Still agreeing initial bill should be ignored : QUIESCENT
17-down – Note needlework round front edge of tablecloth : CROTCHET
18-down – I recount suffering, becoming excessively depressive : NEUROTIC
20-down – Cartoon character is fool repeatedly shown up : TINTIN
21-down – Tending to discriminate against another generation as I get doddery : AGEIST
23-down – Skilful but lacking poise in exercise : EXERT

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21665 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21665 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21665 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Passenger-carrying flight : ESCALATOR
10-across – A look of being indifferent : ALOOF
11-across – Jeered at performance after free admission : DERIDED
12-across – Cleaner who expects to get money without working : SPONGER
13-across – Samuel’s teacher takes note of top class : ELITE
14-across – Those on it will need dough : BREADLINE
16-across – Film the yacht’s departure? : GONEWITHTHEWIND
19-across – Predators moved to show signs of distress : TEARDROPS
21-across – Tree for a small enclosure : ASPEN
22-across – Carriage axle bush, for instance : BEARING
23-across – Travel service’s express policy : AIRLINE
24-across – It enables one to turn one’s hand to many things : WRIST
25-across – Call of the sea? : AHOYTHERE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Isn’t livestock sold by it? : DEADWEIGHT
2-down – Creature most dangerous when it turns tail : SCORPION
3-down – Take it, if you mean to stay dry : PLEDGE
4-down – Boss of Animal Farm, say : STUD
5-down – Possible customer goes to America for brochure : PROSPECTUS
6-down – What many a simpleton may do when courting : CANOODLE
7-down – Literary orphan who was accepted as a wolf cub : MOWGLI
8-down – A service rise that makes one well off : AFAR
14-down – Shorts designed for hill climbing? : BOTTOMGEAR
15-down – Put in a difficult position when a tip gave offence : ENDANGERED
17-down – Tie down a formation in attack : WADEINTO
18-down – MP’s excuse for absence is weakened : IMPAIRED
20-down – In song, sailor lands far away : ARABIA
21-down – Put in charge at the lemonade factory? : AERATE
22-down – Tart for the table, we hear : BAWD
23-down – People go crazy running it : AMOK

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21663 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21663 clues and answers were published on Fri 13 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21663 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Befuddled by measure of strong drink, almost spotted the trumpeter : DIZZYGILLESPIE
8-across – River god adopting extreme position : POLAR
9-across – Supply inhabitants with two drugs, digesting the Letters of Paul … : POPULATE
11-across – … where one was sent to the lost sheep of America : EPHESUS
12-across – Break down and put it to death, beheaded : ITEMISE
13-across – Twins dropping note to one or more spirits : GENII
15-across – Yellow aromatic plant received by former monarch’s co-ordinator : ORGANISER
17-across – Ladies one interrupted hurry back to the childminder : NURSEMAID
20-across – He prophesied the Cockney Creator : MICAH
21-across – Chained runaway insectivore : ECHIDNA
23-across – Shed isn’t as bright as Vlad : IMPALER
25-across – Desert, boundless desert, devoured by devouring goddess : KALAHARI
26-across – Ructions as head gilder separates silver from gold backing : AGGRO
27-across – The average porter is a model of excellence : STANDARDBEARER

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Solved Plodge, suppressing quiet rage, but only half of Gemini? : DOPPELGANGER
2-down – Nul points in the Brazil-Chile match : ZILCH
3-down – County Kerry is getting Home Office worried : YORKSHIRE
4-down – Child regarding what makes a painting stand out : IMPASTO
5-down – Bird has triumph on stage with Top Gun : LAPWING
6-down – Swimmer concealing verse in crack : SOLVE
7-down – Native in charge after being canned without resistance : INTRINSIC
10-down – Surprise attack on aristocrat in pub : PEARLHARBOUR
14-down – Girl hides the way to 3’s location : NORTHEAST
16-down – Forged metal pane or plaque with handle : NAMEPLATE
18-down – State taking wing by degrees : ALABAMA
19-down – Challenged about compiler being greatly elevated : DEIFIED
22-down – Opened and closed without a winner : DRAWN
24-down – It shoots down toboggan runs : LUGER

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21662 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21662 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21662 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Spy scattering clues in very small quantities : MOLECULES
6-across – Palmerston on southern food : SPAM
10-across – Sounds like the downfall of rule : REIGN
11-across – Angry on account of bird? : CROSSBILL
12-across – Place for hamster training : AMHERST
13-across – Shorn animal having to cut back on fat : POLLARD
14-across – What to expect from ecclesiastical tennis player? : DIVINESERVICE
17-across – Prepared firm to proceed with racial orders? : READYSTEADYGO
21-across – Ship that operates below the surface? : COLLIER
22-across – Riveting term for trophy lid, perhaps : CUPHEAD
24-across – Fabulous green lady apparition : LEGENDARY
25-across – Block found in Roman villa : ANVIL
26-across – Point to the unruly son of Adam : SETH
27-across – Half a day to construct a drain for one-stamened plants : MONANDRIA

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Sea creatures that may well disarm me : MERMAIDS
2-down – Where the French hit out : LEITH
3-down – Clashes arising from study on abbreviated French notations, perhaps? : CONFRONTATIONS
4-down – Finds cat in sole possession, perhaps : LOCATES
5-down – Defender who may get it in the neck : STOPPER
7-down – Trip round museum and cathedral in secret? : PRIVATELY
8-down – To a degree, a female illness : MALADY
9-down – Is a plan to be duplicated? Obviously! : ASPLAINASPLAIN
15-down – Extremely feeble flare? : VERYLIGHT
16-down – Blimey! Female cook’s a king’s daughter : CORDELIA
18-down – CID weapon found on board ship : YARDARM
19-down – Puzzling chat by youth leader on fast particle : TACHYON
20-down – Music with piscatorial associations : SCALES
23-down – Some novel version of young fish : ELVER

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

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