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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21878 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21878 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21878 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – I am having fish with the Queen for supper : IMBIBER
5-across – Question making small couch in pine : DISPUTE
9-across – Reward Penny with food : PRICE
10-across – Experimentee keeps book for loyal kinsman : TRIBALIST
11-across – 5 across 9 for our 12 : WORDSWORTH
12-across – 28 11 e.g. keeps key in jar : POET
14-across – Ticket to enter loft of 28 11’s 24 in 17 : DOVECOTTAGE
18-across – Drug pusher unwanted at Appleby Fair – or not? : HORSEDEALER
21-across – Money missing from hidden fund? It’s right under one”s nose! : TASH
22-across – Garment left in Ascot’s new development : SPORTSCOAT
25-across – Hen Nicola chopped up for reptile : CHELONIAN
26-across – It’s of concern when living matter loses temperature : ISSUE
27-across – Statesman gives off a piece of his mind here : PRESENT
28-across – He makes a choice at the earliest hour : WILLIAM

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Pledge rascal a heartless victory : IMPAWN
2-down – Dog rose died : BRIARD
3-down – Bishop exceptionally desperate, being up to his armpits : BREASTDEEP
4-down – Separationist has covert relationship : RATIO
5-down – I mostly remain in agreement in believing in God : DEISTICAL
6-down – Bob ate fish : SHAD
7-down – In tune with society in league with a sovereign : UNISONAL
8-down – Let Ted in new development. That’s allowed : ENTITLED
13-down – Bloomer haunts 28, they say : STORKSBILL
15-down – Contend with cricketer”s stance : VIEWPOINT
16-down – Wave”s speed rising under westerly blow : WHITECAP
17-down – Nameless older relatives common in 14’s location : GRASMERE
19-down – Oban is fashionable for minimalist art : BONSAI
20-down – Burn gas when touring Romania : STREAM
23-down – Continue when the Queen is overthrown and loses her head : RENEW
24-down – Ex-Prime Minister’s seat : HOME

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21877 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21877 clues and answers were published on Thu 20 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21877 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Chapman’s first translation shows this? : CRAFTSMANSHIP
10-across – Going back to base in spring : HOMEBOUND
11-across – Meat fit for Allah? : HALAL
12-across – In no uncertain terms … a little bit : OUNCE
13-across – PM behind No U-turns : AFTERNOON
14-across – Breathe fire : INSPIRE
16-across – Find new use for electricity without its effects : RECYCLE
18-across – Dregs go on legs : GREAVES
20-across – Crack nut that’s hollow but solid : SOLVENT
21-across – Time to get bigger stall : TEMPORISE
23-across – Mere show of approval interrupting number : TOKEN
24-across – Dance music on game shows : CONGA
25-across – Original state of militia after promotion : PRIMITIAL
26-across – For example, Götterdämmerung’s climax in the Ring : MOMENTOFTRUTH

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Mentally recover about the meek taking up crime : REMINISCE
3-down – Light blue’s first involved stamina : FIBRE
4-down – Flipped since custom could introduce dog”s-meat : SAUSAGE
5-down – Inspector Morse’s dot with gold casing : AUDITOR
6-down – Roun-trip helps car round one : SPHERICAL
7-down – Whitehouse has one sticker, reportedly : IGLOO
8-down – Held seat in Hunts? : SHOOTINGSTICK
9-down – Group to end taking railway on the sly : CLANDESTINELY
15-down – Ask for ring the French held sacred : INVIOLATE
17-down – Pattern on heel is manifest : CHECKLIST
19-down – Peg’s about to huff piece : SNIPPET
20-down – Official woman repeated bit of music : SHERIFF
22-down – Fruit gives chap vitality : MANGO
23-down – Game player in court? : TRIER

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21876 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21876 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21876 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

5-across – Wine gives a sign of something lacking when litre is bottled : CLARET
6-across – Branch of army occupying city for a brief time : BREATH
9-across – ‘ave a yearning, we hear, for something secure : ANCHOR
10-across – Snag with ends of two cables knotted : OBSTACLE
11-across – Philosopher’s humbug listened to : KANT
12-across – Accepting applause, as a toxophilite? : TAKINGABOW
13-across – Anti-abortion judge to flourish : PROLIFERATE
18-across – Wine reduction process is grating : PORTCULLIS
21-across – Recess will accommodate limited number all right : NOOK
22-across – Unattached little girl’s holiday island : DISCRETE
23-across – Man initially occupying a corner in magnificent house : CASTLE
24-across – Title for important official with many slaves : HELOTS
25-across – Eager camper may settle here : INTENT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Provide food having inserted the medical tube : CATHETER
2-down – Private school includes curriculum subject : SECRET
3-down – May need irons released to participate in exercise, right? : PRISONER
4-down – Tomorrow fruit topping will be changed : MANANA
5-down – Repeated first half of American country dance : CANCAN
7-down – Impression made by house overlooking lake – unfavourable! : HOLLOW
8-down – US philanthropist is tower of strength taking English bloke in tow : ROCKEFELLER
14-down – Line that’s golden, befitting top poet : LAUREATE
15-down – Heavy metal cask gents manoeuvred : TUNGSTEN
16-down – Second attractive girl in the current fashion : MODISH
17-down – Spittle allowed to get into cup : GOBLET
19-down – Interception upends two quadrupeds : TACKLE
20-down – Temporarily relocate help : SECOND

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21875 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21875 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21875 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – 5 for one who is 9 12? : DIGITAL
5-across – Traveller with prospects turning turtle : SNAPPER
10-across – Good old British infantry starts to desert : GOBI
11-across – Where wines are put down in volume : CELLARBOOK
12-across – See 9 : THUMBS
13-across – Ribald French verses from Bali you say, translated in transmitted copy : FABLIAUX
14-across – Fall back north and point out justification : PRECEDENT
16-across – Work of 18 having spacecraft without directions : MISER
17-across – Stratagem fails to gain entry to sphere of influence : AMBIT
19-across – Might ‘elp to seal with this? : SELLOTAPE
23-across – So Clouseau’s no cruciverbalist? : CLUELESS
24-across – See 1 : CAMERA
26-across – Revival of the kidneys not left to science: not one! : RENASCENCE
27-across – Sally’s so shy : AUNT
28-across – Warhorse needing surgeon at near-disaster : VETERAN
29-across – Lewis Eliot, say, put up with the cold : SNOWMAN

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Graphic indicator thus found in the divine fluid : ISOCHOR
3-down – Man following some subconscious speech pattern : IDIOM
4-down – How stands the defendant? : ACCUSED
6-down – Marshal bar members into close : NEARBY
7-down – Open one’s heart ultimately – to a Max Clifford? : PUBLICIST
8-down – Old electricians love to oppose change, naturally : EVOLUTE
9-down – Alters with fumbling hands; altered with fumbling hands : ALLFINGERSAND
15-down – Bent hairstylist’s reign of terror? : CRIMEWAVE
18-down – He wrote ‘A Man for all Seasons’ without exaggeration : MOLIERE
20-down – Hannibal, born to take the stand : LECTERN
21-down – Swimmer rushed into a hip replacement : PIRANHA
22-down – 15 over a one-time kingdom : MERCIA
25-down – Queen’s speech? : MIAOW

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21874 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21874 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21874 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Such a discussion gives opportunity for falling out : OPENENDED
10-across – Provide some point to a joke : EQUIP
11-across – Wrongly presume it’s the highest : SUPREME
12-across – Retired Thespian appearing as Shylock? : EXACTOR
13-across – Fed up with being drilled : BORED
14-across – Lacking a game to play – or rivals : MATCHLESS
16-across – In which readers may find explosive articles? : MAGAZINESECTION
19-across – It is rough, could be smoother : SANDPAPER
21-across – Expedition has only half a tent : HASTE
22-across – Major transaction sarcastically acclaimed : BIGDEAL
23-across – Criminal gets Gill confused with ale : ILLEGAL
24-across – All the composer required : TUTTI
25-across – He plans the moves; I can act it out : TACTICIAN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Rising indications that one is frightened : GOOSEBUMPS
2-down – A golfer upset about pro’s first game : LEAPFROG
3-down – Fed up, having to stop on guard : DEFEND
4-down – A marginal advantage : EDGE
5-down – He has his own ideas on hoarding : ADVERTISER
6-down – Chips are heavenly served like this : SERAPHIC
7-down – A loose nickname for the BBC : AUNTIE
8-down – Knocks over box : SPAR
14-down – Use fingers to eat a plum in the break : MANIPULATE
15-down – North-east port – part is to come down : SUNDERLAND
17-down – Count as an old gasbag : ZEPPELIN
18-down – Status symbols? : INSIGNIA
20-down – Agent upset over point in dispute : NEGATE
21-down – Order still from a photographer? : HOLDIT
22-down – Barrel and stock of gun : BUTT
23-down – American business contract with a Peruvian : INCA

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

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