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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22002 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22002 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22002 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Conservative – first member to join afresh in game – was most often 12 9 : CHAMPIONJOCKEY
9-across – See 12 : THEPOST
10-across – Ascribe unrest to Italian city : BRESCIA
11-across – Black note held by fiddler : NEGRO
12-across – Winner takes all – see complete article in Bugle Call : FIRSTPAST
13-across – Lebanese Christians make horses go round on it : MARONITES
14-across – Pooh’s work for the Guardian? The answer’s in the soil : HUMUS
15-across – Too much to be paid to international body? : UNDUE
17-across – Girth of one embracing the United Reform Church : SURCINGLE
20-across – The last people to enter anything as quality assurance? : ENDOWMENT
22-across – Begin wild party : BINGE
23-across – Finch to mediate on what to write with : CHEWINK
24-across – Gallery would shortly be having boards for ventilation : LOUVRED
25-across – Think differently about German composer’s role reversal: 17, say? : KNIGHTBACHELOR

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Tom and Jerry’s performance passed by anti-suffragettes : CATANDMOUSEACT
2-down – Fury in Bremerhaven, Germany : AVENGER
3-down – Word of a sort the church has to utter : PRONOUNCE
4-down – Excluded by Oxford to conform? : OUTOFIT
5-down – Injection of Irish-American waders from Brazil : JABIRUS
6-down – It isn’t fair to give temperature in Celsius : CHEAT
7-down – Cry over what was staked by former partner : EXCLAIM
8-down – King’s head fits awkwardly with fireguard : FAITHSDEFENDER
14-down – Head start for image enhancer or head sweeper? : HAIRBRUSH
16-down – Useless fellow gone off in a huff : DUDGEON
17-down – Likedown Jerry, slippery customers climb over little Tom : SLEEKIT
18-down – Agent of typhus with fatal reproduction : RATFLEA
19-down – Real time left to the public : GENERAL
21-down – Get rid of the liquid sound of the bells : WRING

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22001 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22001 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22001 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – See 12 : MODIFIED
5-across – Shakespeare gave her a dream lover. Her mother grabbed one too! : HERMIA
9-across – Remains of course herein for the setter? : DOGGYBAG
10-across – Shakespeare’s spritely ruler? : OBERON
12-across – Doubtful apology scientific meddler makes for growth in experiments : GENETICALLY
15-across – With backing, shoots in the foot – typical! : SERIF
17-across – Second son, sadly devoured by two of the French fish : LEMONSOLE
18-across – Might amount to a model worker : AUTOMATON
19-across – See 12 : CROPS
20-across – Solicitor, going to pieces internally, but repeatedly pressing one’s case : TROTTINGOUT
24-across – Shakespeare’s Northumberland is reverting to an electoral division : SIWARD
25-across – Shakespeare’s chamberlain, so solemn faced, left one to shoulder the burden : POLONIUS
26-across – Shakespearian king is able to press for a replacement : DUNCAN
27-across – Stuffing that need not get out of the kitchen? : ASBESTOS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Where lemurs come from wild ranges with endless attention : MADAGASCAR
2-down – Rising separatists broke faith and lost soul : DEGENERATE
3-down – Attack unknown intruder in one’s pad? : FLYAT
4-down – Cut on a male is resulting in this! : EMASCULATION
6-down – Like one unborn, or one born with no mercy treatment : EMBRYONIC
7-down – Utopian encore! : MORE
8-down – Relative ‘abitat of coot or hern : AUNT
11-down – Strangely silent, I love to collect mina droppings : ELIMINATIONS
13-down – All for one person : MONOPOLIST
14-down – Prepares for a reaction when sit-ins fail to split the dioceses… : SENSITISES
16-down – … or TU mafia members in smoke-filled rooms : FUMATORIA
21-down – Ancient blubber and bone one processed : NIOBE
22-down – Guardian leader exploited : USED
23-down – Schubert”s Wanderer from this pen? : SWAN

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22000 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22000 clues and answers were published on Mon 11 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22000 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Araucaria’s other name – Cinephile, distributed elsewhere : CHILEPINE
10-across – Fidelio’s 17 – one concocted left inside as a criminal : FELON
11-across – Something Rover perpetrated – all at sea? : ROBBERY
12-across – Rules out going Dutch in this case : LAWSUIT
13-across – Patience needed to find alternative for one of Bunthorne’s : BRIDE
14-across – Person summoned – one to enter solution of eg Hendra’s missing Down : GARNISHEE
16-across – This expression of appreciation has been given the nod : ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
19-across – The two-facedness of Janus? : DUPLICITY
21-across – Taupi’s 17 and two thirds of Mercury generate some heat : THERM
22-across – Does Rufus sometimes substitute his second definition? : WILLIAM
23-across – Juggled with letters, cluing this fish : STERLET
24-across – Recalled shorter answer, stuck with leading pair from Audreus, in the bath! : SAUNA
25-across – One vital point put over about Don Pasquale’s last pain-killer? : IBUPROFEN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Angry about Chifonie’s 17? Then get on, seeing state of play : SCOREBOARD
2-down – Publish second-rate load of corn? It may obviate stuffiness! : AIRBRICK
3-down – Have great respect for Paul, perhaps : REVERE
4-down – Cunning 1 and 17 of Logodaedalus – why disheartened about those? : WILY
5-down – Rocking cradle during delay, lacking a way to be assertive : DECLAREDLY
6-down – Orlando’s latest? Fine – whack in few varied with hint of colour : OFFWHITE
7-down – Source of despondency, nowhere near completing Shed : SLOUGH
8-down – The 17 puzzle by Gordius? : KNOT
14-down – Type of verse having most of scope in French : GALLIAMBIC
15-down – Having to guess when Enigmatist gets out of order! : ESTIMATING
17-down – First description of Manchester appearing as Guardian’s leader : ORIGINAL
18-down – Sounded as if they are in agreement and went in order to look : EYESLEFT
20-down – One from Gemini? : POLLUX
21-down – Some ideas associated with Quantum? : THEORY
22-down – A little bit hazy with middle bit of Crispa and Plodge’s 17 : WISP
23-down – Tailpiece – recollect Custos, so sadly missed : SCUT

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21998 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21998 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21998 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

5-across – On a plank : ABOARD
6-across – Material for Conrad novel : DACRON
9-across – So slim, mobile and supple : LISSOM
10-across – Comfortable filling, despite appearances? : DEEPDOWN
11-across – Solid wood with marble top : FIRM
12-across – Allotment site behind health centre : ALLOCATION
13-across – Submarine was first with rust protection : UNDERSEALED
18-across – Talk with heartless lady ? or vice versa : CONVERSELY
21-across – Ladies’ fingers acceptable to artist : OKRA
22-across – Amount given back to younger son to produce wine : MUSCADET
23-across – Issue anaesthetic : NUMBER
24-across – Garments Carthaginian leader introduced to African city : TUNICS
25-across – In France I am almost the first priest : JESUIT

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Viking invader overrunning southeast : NORSEMAN
2-down – Illegal activity by first army in 1850s’ war zone : CRIMEA
3-down – Naval icebreaker in Spanish city : VALENCIA
4-down – Revolutionary trend ? Roman Catholic belief : CREDIT
5-down – Defences of a large bird : ALIBIS
7-down – Unit of force giving appearance of weight in light gas : NEWTON
8-down – We’re young people, so let’s dance madly : ADOLESCENTS
14-down – Mythical wife evincing regret about early end to game : EURYDICE
15-down – Huge portion of sauerbraten or moussaka : ENORMOUS
16-down – Place and time for migratory insect : LOCUST
17-down – Primitive man demanding immediate attention : URGENT
19-down – Empty container placed inside another : VACANT
20-down – Withdrawn American editor : YANKED

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21997 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21997 clues and answers were published on Thu 07 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21997 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Goebbel’s line so differs from this considerate attitude to the masses : NOBLESSE
9-across – See 8 : OBLIGE
10-across – Occupied vehicle comes to three-way junction : BUSY
11-across – Attraction offered by Mussolini and soldiers in international setting : INDUCEMENT
12-across – Wild animal you mostly found invading bird shelter? : COYOTE
14-across – A lamp, etc may be part of a table arrangement : PLACEMAT
15-across – Hard weed to find around City area : HECTARE
17-across – Wickedness? What’s boring about wickedness? : DEVILRY
20-across – Cheap accommodation always in part of journey : STEERAGE
22-across – Drink can go cold sitting about : COGNAC
23-across – Wrecking fun, I’m cruel and pitiless : UNMERCIFUL
24-across – A bit about what statisticians collect : DATA
25-across – Trick to get behind river bird : FALCON
26-across – Military unit’s second man holding court : SQUADRON

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Organ – awfully loud inside – with knobs : NODULOSE
2-down – Old fighter beginning to clout with left always : CLAY
3-down – Sitting according to measurements : ASSIZE
4-down – Choose to pursue study and choose again : READOPT
5-down – Secret meeting offering opposing line in chamber : CONCLAVE
6-down – Being inattentive, leaving junk in grass : SLUMBERING
7-down – Girl carrying information on list of items : AGENDA
13-down – Magisterial as a substitute? : ONTHEBENCH
16-down – Fresh, as in new upward advance : REASCENT
18-down – Response to drug may get one into care, perhaps : REACTION
19-down – City that needs to be left secure : BELFAST
21-down – Headgear that keeps in fashion : TINHAT
22-down – A foot problem? We’d like to hear from you : CALLUS
24-down – Repeated encouragement from reactionary person : DODO

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

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