Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21758 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21758 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Dec 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21758 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Centre of important docks, say, in London : HARLEYSTREET
8-across – Dismisses UN tours abroad : RUNSOUT
9-across – Instrument causing politician to be in utter disarray : TRUMPET
11-across – The tenacious person’s reserve : TERRIER
12-across – No trees here it’s plain : PRAIRIE
13-across – One well up in what’s legally added : RIDER
14-across – Outline a stupid tax : ADUMBRATE
16-across – King holding a second cut due for a roasting? : CASHEWNUT
19-across – Part of premises a London beautician occupies : SALON
21-across – Stuffy, bald cockney : AIRLESS
23-across – Noisy one making bid : CLAMANT
24-across – Written on once : PAPYRUS
25-across – Substitute traveller’s material : REPLACE
26-across – Don’t tamper with spring : LETWELLALONE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – A good score or several scores : HUNDRED
2-down – About one dock to the North having more space : ROOMIER
3-down – Provide diversion to harbour : ENTERTAIN
4-down – Prepared for winning at tennis? : SETUP
5-down – It repeatedly provides stage murmurs : RHUBARB
6-down – I’m a rep round about the big stores : EMPORIA
7-down – The complaint of a man of letters? : WRITERSCRAMP
10-down – Had the tenner after a flutter in an instant : THEREANDTHEN
15-down – Hives not restricted to apiarists : URTICARIA
17-down – PC rules in order to obtain regard for morality : SCRUPLE
18-down – An arch that can be raised, surprisingly : EYEBROW
19-down – Artificial flower ring for the hair? : SHAMPOO
20-down – Leaves football body in league with penultimate loss : LEAFAGE
22-down – Ropy material in recut sails : SISAL

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21757 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21757 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Dec 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21757 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – For example, enter Deadwood in Calamity Jane? : STAGEDIRECTION
8-across – Fit of pique : EQUIP
9-across – Contrive finish : ENGINEER
11-across – Fruity syrup lacking in pineapple : GRENADE
12-across – Forgetting when sick men can be incontinent : AMNESIA
13-across – Somewhat lethal variety of sweetmeat : HALVA
15-across – Boatman from old region? : GONDOLIER
17-across – Hit woman for spinning odd point in gown : MURDERESS
20-across – Modern party that’s unprepared : ADLIB
21-across – Dub parts of The Return of the Steel Bonnets : ENNOBLE
23-across – What’s carried in silence in sledge : LUGGAGE
25-across – All grapeshot causes disease : PELLAGRA
26-across – Half-hearted council holds money back : TEPID
27-across – Delighted with invitation to strike over low return : PLEASEDASPUNCH

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Big hitter trimmed hedge in prison : SLEDGEHAMMER
2-down – Entertain morning service : AMUSE
3-down – Climbing mountains breaks East European coastal walk : ESPLANADE
4-down – The problem with a small tip? : ICEBERG
5-down – Dye’s earning pots : ENGRAIN
6-down – Bold trapeze artists have this up for projection : TENON
7-down – Those who leave because of firelighter : OVERSPILL
10-down – Short distance runners said inspiration involves many : HAIRSBREADTH
14-down – Developing an allergy of the throat : LARYNGEAL
16-down – Flier operating at sea : ORANGETIP
18-down – Table ornament for everyone, say, in Newcastle : EPERGNE
19-down – Fruit dish in harem? : SULTANA
22-down – Tree giving rise to a plank … : BALSA
24-down – … and another when shut in : ASPEN

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21756 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21756 clues and answers were published on Tue 30 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21756 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

4-across – A daily glass : MIRROR
6-across – Serpent’s head creates stir – it’s horned! : CERASTES
9-across – Back seat? : SADDLE
10-across – Diplomatic move relates to frontier river crossing : DEMARCHE
11-across – Fail to shear off with cutting blade : PLOUGHSHARE
15-across – One cracked shell : NUTCASE
17-across – Just off Land’s End? : INSHORE
18-across – Inset phrase, maybe : PARENTHESIS
22-across – One was revolutionary and with clear designs : CALENDAR
23-across – Funny : MURMUR
24-across – Needs rig-out bearing trendy label : DESIGNER
25-across – Fellow-traveller back with booze : PERNOD

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Curved member made of wood, say : BOWLEG
2-down – Opening a book : REVELATION
3-down – Mare’s nobbled – poor horse included in runners : MANAGERS
4-down – Dissipated girl in confinement : MISSPENT
5-down – Bloody films featuring old soldiers : REDCOATS
7-down – Instant credit : TICK
8-down – Rose’s mainstay is staunch : STEM
12-down – Cuckoo … wheatears … rook … petrel … : SHEARWATER
13-down – He’s taken aback – by centaur? : HORSEMAN
14-down – Having free time, perhaps idle about? Yup! : LEISURED
16-down – Perk up, dad – face life’s later years! : APPANAGE
19-down – Expression of surprise over habits seen in eg priories : HOUSES
20-down – Missile fleet : SCUD
21-down – Extra-rich husband’s taken off : PLUS

This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21755 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21755 clues and answers were published on Mon 29 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21755 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Toast given in port : BRINDISI
9-across – The short answer without capital? : ATHENS
10-across – Flower that has a duplicate existence : ISIS
11-across – One against society as his team lie scattered : ISHMAELITE
12-across – Sailors talked about sea voyage : CRUISE
14-across – Goes on for money : PROCEEDS
15-across – Boy-meets-girl opera : LEONORA
17-across – Understatement used for effect by T.S. Eliot? : LITOTES
20-across – Where sisters study openings? : CONVENTS
22-across – Lays about churchwomen fleeing for shelter : ASYLUM
23-across – Is unable to press ale out of melon? : CANTALOUPE
24-across – Catch some on return : TRAP
25-across – Leading lady deprived of oriental drug : HEROIN
26-across – Great issue, relatively speaking : GRANDSON

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Maintain quiet reticence : PRESERVE
2-down – Objects to odd pieces : ENDS
3-down – Theologian having to eat about six : DIVINE
4-down – Churchmen of limited mobility as board members? : BISHOPS
5-down – In the 18th century, a dandy form of pasta : MACARONI
6-down – Church done over in rough clay or translucent material : CHALCEDONY
7-down – Joined the team : UNITED
13-down – Novelty at pub getting enthusiastic reception : INNOVATION
16-down – Persistently irritating foul-smelling fish : RANKLING
18-down – Teacher being terribly rude about Roman censor : EDUCATOR
19-down – Temper the effects of sausage roll : ASSUAGE
21-down – Equine quadruped – for example roan, perhaps? : ONAGER
22-down – Sour beer – one sort of lager, perhaps? : ALEGAR
24-down – Time for some great idea : TIDE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21753 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21753 clues and answers were published on Fri 26 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21753 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – State limits of New Hampshire, Virginia and Dakota : NEVADA
5-across – Holt’s letters concealed in tree trunk as a refuge from danger : BOLTHOLE
9-across – Manuscript concealed in tree in Cheshire : WILMSLOW
10-across – Classes an officer does not complete : GENERA
11-across – Gay didn’t push queer dish : HASTYPUDDING
13-across – Live with a socially acceptable boyfriend : BEAU
14-across – Nuts, if over a pound, disturbed rest : FILBERTS
17-across – Battle settled later in court : WATERLOO
18-across – South African pugilist a kiss knocked out : BOER
20-across – London-based artist taking solicitor over river for fish? : RAINBOWTROUT
23-across – African note: this country was formerly French Sudan : SOMALI
24-across – Some politicians were definitely refuted : ANSWERED
25-across – I mention sound and vision : EYESIGHT
26-across – Sleuth resolved to earn money illicitly : HUSTLE

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Prepare to publish current returns : EDIT
3-down – Poor place for new hose – a slum : ALMSHOUSE
4-down – Having the most skill makes ace happy : ABLEST
5-down – And now for something completely different – a minor road frequently occupied by anti-government forces : BYWAYOFCONTRAST
6-down – Jokes, say, pranksters initiated in quiet intervals : LEGPULLS
7-down – Sharpened points in coal-scuttle : HONED
8-down – Tester, long suffering, handled spectacles : LORGNETTES
12-down – Fed up with loving? That’s injurious to reputation : DEFAMATORY
15-down – Beer in German spa causes resentment : EMBITTERS
16-down – Assuming everyone’s to be paid : ALLOWING
19-down – Artist holding recipe for beetroot soup : BORSCH
21-down – Leaders of naval expeditions always raid southern approaches : NEARS
22-down – Be keenly sensible of fisherman’s first fish : FEEL

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

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