Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22074 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22074 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22074 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Prosecuted corrupt abbey and its leader during way-out cat-call in the 20 23 : EXITPURSUED
9-across – See1 : BYABEAR
10-across – This type of bid is top, not bottom : NOTRUMP
11-across – Let’s sing to Silvia, that she is 90, in Pisces : EXCELLING
12-across – Sometime lonely, now more like a squash : MELON
13-across – Brand I can do with one finger : TYPE
14-across – The last word in ballet dancing is very bad : LAMENTABLE
16-across – Ancient bus conductor on the gin : RATTLETRAP
19-across – A magnet to get your gun out? : DRAW
21-across – Strapping youth on grass – remove your butt! : THONG
22-across – Composer at the end of months playing tennis : BERNSTEIN
24-across – One with two ears, possibly? That’s crazy : IDIOTIC
25-across – Language that goes badly in the hillside : BRAILLE
26-across – Fast entertainment – deep’s the solution? : TURNOFSPEED

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Antipasto : EMANCIPATIONIST
2-down – I’m a businessman, one hundred per cent! : IDEAL
3-down – Girl of 20 23, pirated edition : PERDITA
4-down – Break promise to French boy and some of the guests : RENEGUE
5-down – An officer and a gentleman? I’ve got a friend at last : ULTIMATE
6-down – What sort of gun is the Lee-Enfield? : DOUBLEBARRELLED
7-down – Sailor told to go away : ABSENT
8-down – Beg for cake? : SPONGE
15-down – Pestilential fellow born on a boat : BLIGHTER
16-down – Tell and sell : RETAIL
17-down – To put money on and be in debt, say: it goes up in smoke : TOBACCO
18-down – Dress in rising water – they need free oxygen : AEROBES
20-down – Direction to bury a mate in play : WINTER
23-down – See 20 : STALE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22073 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22073 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22073 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Smart fuzz infiltrating infiltrator : SNAPPY
4-across – Investor’s holdings in punishment : STOCKS
9-across – Gardener’s enemy gets shot : SLUG
10-across – Inspector’s possibly true and mostly sincere : SCRUTINEER
11-across – Stop for a b-break : ARREST
12-across – Gassed outside Luxembourg? He should have been 19 : ETHELRED
13-across – Encouraging discovery of nouveau riche suit : HEURISTIC
15-across – Pen circumventing a hindrance : STAY
16-across – 100 lines ? guidelines? : CODE
17-across – Opposing King’s Men on the battlefield : AGINCOURT
21-across – Goddess following pastor turned head of Toby Belch : ERUCTATE
22-across – Eg William’s Wisdom? : NORMAN
24-across – Timid creature’s derisive comment on new modules : FIELDMOUSE
25-across – Evacuate invalid : VOID
26-across – Eliminating odd characters from Scooby-Doo, the Prairie : COYOTE
27-across – Left in a foul mood for Walton, perhaps : ANGLER

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Be profligate, returning records on impulse : SPLURGE
2-down – Make case for inclusion of star guest? : ARGUE
3-down – Drill fills up small coins : PESETAS
5-down – Irascible Tory losing heart but keeping score : TETCHY
6-down – Painter depicts a block in verses : CANALETTO
7-down – Use crystal ball to secure bearing on landscape : SCENERY
8-down – The core of Freud and Jung’s precise analysis of a sanctimonious character : CREEPINGJESUS
14-down – Dropped acid during demo, fundamentalist-fashion : RADICALLY
16-down – Jester’s 1 ac 11 that’s likely to be terminal : CARDIAC
18-down – Old lady wrapping broken knee in cloth : NANKEEN
19-down – More willing to peg out in the back : READIER
20-down – Two males mounting Alpine animal : MARMOT
23-down – Party or dance about 5 : REVEL

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22072 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22072 clues and answers were published on Mon 04 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22072 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – It may reveal hidden charges : MINEDETECTOR
8-across – Troops didn’t finish the course : REGIMEN
9-across – Dishing out for a party : SHINDIG
11-across – Case Len resolved to clear up : CLEANSE
12-across – Penguin noted by Beethoven : EMPEROR
13-across – Publish and I p-prosecute! : ISSUE
14-across – A precaution against deflation : SPARETYRE
16-across – Breeding place for germs, perhaps : INCUBATOR
19-across – French military cover : SHAKO
21-across – They count for nothing : NOUGHTS
23-across – Put in – or shut out : ENCLOSE
24-across – Desert people engaged in fierce competition : RATRACE
25-across – Unusual spite shown by the French in a letter : EPISTLE
26-across – Now is the time to use this : PRESENTTENSE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Attractive bars : MAGNETS
2-down – A man who’s proposed? : NOMINEE
3-down – Desert inn providing meal service : DINNERSET
4-down – Experience state interference : TASTE
5-down – He’s game : CRIPPLE
6-down – Regular soldier? : ORDERLY
7-down – I can report it improved, doctor : PRACTITIONER
10-down – It was heaven on earth while it lasted : GARDENOFEDEN
15-down – People engaged in a welcome correspondence : AGREEMENT
17-down – Chip bar? : COUNTER
18-down – Acts as executor – some teachers want to : BEHEADS
19-down – Notices deployed military group : SECTION
20-down – Preacher makes pleas to convert : APOSTLE
22-down – Wild goose yarn? : SKEIN

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22070 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22070 clues and answers were published on Fri 01 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22070 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Where, not before time, accounts may be kept : BEHINDTHECLOCK
9-across – Spiritual guides in the film industry : DIRECTORS
10-across – Sudden impulse to produce cotton fabric : DENIM
11-across – False notions in article on Lido scheme : IDOLA
12-across – Eglantine tumbling in clumsy fashion : INELEGANT
13-across – Wild clan raid on pillar of the church : CARDINAL
14-across – Live on others when drunk : SPONGE
17-across – Bird allowed inside pub : LINNET
19-across – Instrument for getting firm out of rotten mess : CORNETTO
22-across – Expression silver worker used for brawling woman : TERMAGANT
24-across – Dickensian dance : TWIST
25-across – Took a picture showing animal in Africa : OKAPI
26-across – Snaps done badly may have medicinal effect : SENNAPODS
27-across – Rough sketch showing an officer? : GENERALOUTLINE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Unsuccessful editor’s complaint? : BADCIRCULATION
2-down – Bar members taking time out for shelter : HARBOUR
3-down – Fruit providing a delicious beverage in the orient : NECTARINE
4-down – Hot redhead in local : TROPICAL
5-down – Time to help make a stern choice : EASTER
6-down – Wild dog found in the French beaver’s home : LODGE
7-down – To hold back is not unusual in a murderer : CONTAIN
8-down – Personal predilection in art or diet : AMATTEROFTASTE
15-down – Keen physical education entrant, perhaps : PENETRANT
16-down – Percentage paid for brown colour in a flower : CONTANGO
18-down – Manage to rise above tear about having to tell a tale : NARRATE
20-down – Journey to phoney oil town : TRIPOLI
21-down – Artisan endlessly turning out decorative inlay work : TARSIA
23-down – Priestly garb worn by French friend at church : AMICE

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22069 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22069 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 Nov 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22069 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Unfortunately, Iris faced having skin punctured : SCARIFIED
10-across – Almost half 9 rash infects one heartless writer : OSCAR
11-across – Leader of performers longed to see cast : PITCHED
12-across – 10 21’s alter ego, a six-footer, protecting tree : MELMOTH
13-across – Get to know king and knight : LEARN
14-across – Matter-of-fact British leader with a twitch accepts ridicule : PRAGMATIC
16-across – Will the mug taking poison lose life or has spa treatment revealed 10 21’s supposed last words? : THISWALLPAPERIS
19-across – See 16 : KILLINGME
21-across – See 10 : WILDE
22-across – See 16 : ONEOFUS
23-across – See 16 : HASTOGO
24-across – Murderer keeps right of way mark : CAIRN
25-across – Elite bout unlikely in dungeon : OUBLIETTE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – OK, I spotlit muddle in Old German scheme : OSTPOLITIK
2-down – One supports old meat supplier for beef : PASTRAMI
3-down – Companion introduced to the right kind of plant : LICHEN
4-down – Stopped working and fixed when touring Spain : DIED
5-down – Water swallowed very quietly in the throat : ADAMSAPPLE
6-down – Trollop helping to capture unknown Frenchman : DOLLYMOP
7-down – Portray a Tory publicist : ACTOUT
8-down – Major Russian port loses financial backer : ARCH
14-down – Mechanical ram restricts hot billet of proposed element : PHLOGISTON
15-down – Cooked sloes and cedar nuts : CASSEROLED
17-down – Endlessly rap fellows in squadrons for producing odours : WHIFFING
18-down – Abroad in posh car or public launches : ROLLOUTS
20-down – Tell a story to eminent scientist : LIEBIG
21-down – Aeronautical term to pick up about wood : WASHIN
22-down – Sea creature on show in Windsor Castle : ORCA
23-down – Goddess makes man survive : HEBE

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

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