Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21752 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21752 clues and answers were published on Thu 25 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21752 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – See 10 : WEATHER
5-across – Where fighter pilot is to die, holding back old lawyer : COCKPIT
10-across – ,1,12 9 : FAIR
11-across – Savoury for the dinner Elisha blessed : RELISHABLE
12-across – See 10 : FRIEND
13-across – Like Lady 15, a senior civil servant : MANDARIN
14-across – Extraction possibly due to Bond? : EDUCEMENT
16-across – Saint 9 : BELLS
17-across – The baby is a girl : ISSUE
19-across – Spike swallowing wrath, like Lady 15 : TANGERINE
23-across – Keep cannabis in the kitchen? : STOCKPOT
24-across – Assert a member to be in liquor : ALLEGE
26-across – Mentally without help – it’s about making one generous : MUNIFICENT
27-across – ,22 A tide at sea may help to give time : MAIN
28-across – Drawing of a man holding a Unionist prisoner : HAULAGE
29-across – Nothing extends from Lady 15’s big brothers : ORANGES

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Heath’s Australian cousin writing a letter that’s brief and pungent : EPACRID
3-down – Here and there, maybe : THREE
4-down – Make me a lord assigned to 9 but not 15 : EARLDOM
6-down – A greater lord in a play, with other ranks in the circle : ORSINO
7-down – Decisive blow to a party audience native to Australia : KOALABEAR
8-down – I shall make bequests with malice : ILLWILL
9-down – Prime Minister and a hundred people gossip in shelter … : CLEMENTATTLEE
15-down – … one before and after finding Christians unhealthy : CHURCHILL
18-down – Like Lady 15, came off the wheel in Japan : SATSUMA
20-down – Roof beam on top of gable needs hard worker : GRAFTER
21-down – Recovered from the Nile, egg without proper covering? : NEGLIGE
22-down – See 27 : SPRING
25-down – The sole possible answer and it’s no good : LEMON

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21751 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21751 clues and answers were published on Wed 24 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21751 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Interest taken in making effortless profit? : UNEARNEDINCOME
9-across – First uses of wood – yew, cedar, hickory, elder, larch and maple tree : WYCHELM
10-across – Previous state of party, originally backed by old Soviet leader : PRUSSIA
11-across – Original plan to contain noisy type of lager lout going ahead : ROUGH
12-across – Italian dish gone, the table gossip becomes animated : SPAGHETTI
13-across – Trail, after getting behindhand, becoming less visible : LATESCENT
14-across – Congregated, introducing a northern painter : MANET
15-across – Coming from op, eyes appearing listless : MOPEY
17-across – Prince almost finished eating outrageous pudding : CHARLOTTE
20-across – See 12 : BOLOGNESE
22-across – See 11 : DRAFT
23-across – Greek character goes about a sexy dance : LAMBADA
24-across – Embarrassing situation about a league starting with unequal sides : SCALENE
25-across – One may be floored in EU HQ, facing reprimand : BRUSSELSCARPET

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Going for success in first stage of lunar mission? : UPWARDLYMOBILE
2-down – Put hard surface on counters, with nothing going wrong : ENCRUST
3-down – Why risk getting tiddly, drinking the old booze… : RYEWHISKY
4-down – …with everyone involved speaking French? : ENMASSE
5-down – One may exaggerate boob for which surgeonÍs responsible : IMPLANT
6-down – Shopper pursuing express requirement for growth in some fields : COUCH
7-down – Sits worriedly among soldiers offering meal from this? : MESSTIN
8-down – Is he waiting for a bus to Clapham? : MANINTHESTREET
14-down – Play about indulging in OTT sentimentality : MELODRAMA
16-down – The first sign old circuitÍs cocked up in famous observatory : PALOMAR
17-down – Make a fuss about new type of leaf : CRENATE
18-down – When sister keeps record showing lack of infection? : ASEPSIS
19-down – Catch about restyling due to improve oneÍs property? : TRADEUP
21-down – See 6 : GRASS

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21750 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21750 clues and answers were published on Tue 23 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21750 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Got Sir Andrew to back some thoroughbred : ARISTO
4-across – Mass introduction when work unit enters drill square : ASPERGES
9-across – Native aphrodisiac? : OYSTER
10-across – One can’t miss this farm entrance : BARNDOOR
11-across – Oversupply with little time for lake method, perhaps : FLOODTHEMARKET
13-across – With two sovereigns to pay back, ‘e’s made Primate of the Rock : BARBARYAPE
14-across – Where marriages end in mere nothings : RENO
16-across – Des Anglais promenade here when it’s fine : NICE
18-across – Informer and offspring brought before the beak! : CANARYSEED
21-across – 5’s work of sorcery from ode composition : COMEDYOFERRORS
23-across – The way strength of character is an aid to winter driving : ROADGRIT
24-across – I’m Prince Henry: where’s the battle? : IMPHAL
25-across – Spot cash for Alec Leamas? : SPYMONEY
26-across – Lit up? B-bingo! : BLOTTO

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – On which 8 is found with a German 1 across? : AVON
2-down – Man is so narrow-minded : INSULAR
3-down – My plays are here! : THEROYAL
5-down – 8 on 1 down’s raison d’etre? : SHAKESPEARE
6-down – 9 Greek pieces in French and English translation : ENNEAD
7-down – G-Gibraltar rejecting the Spanish tourist : GROCKLE
8-down – Doctor of fallen women elevated on 1 down : STRATFORD
12-down – Parasite killer’s attempt on father: I’d say the game’s up! : TRYPANOCIDE
13-down – Guarantors lean toward eccentrics : BANKCARDS
15-down – My Lord! He brewed mead! : HYDROMEL
17-down – See 3 : COMPANY
19-down – Not a sound out of it : EARSHOT
20-down – Slow passage from a soldier in difficulty : ADAGIO
22-down – Cracked peal from Calliope leaves her sister standing : CLIO

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21749 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21749 clues and answers were published on Mon 22 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21749 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Drop a note when in difficulty : SCRAPE
4-across – Big run on a famous Swiss bank : CRESTA
9-across – A feature of Sicily and French North Africa : ETNA
10-across – Educational institution where homework comes before discipline? : PREPSCHOOL
11-across – She has pain from one side to the other : RACHEL
12-across – Mean error puts it just off target : NEARMISS
13-across – How seasick people feel on disembarking? : BETTEROFF
15-across – Boss seen in a boiled shirt : STUD
16-across – Boring makers of laws : AWLS
17-across – A cottager going out may wear it : GREATCOAT
21-across – Proposal made by pilots before landing : APPROACH
22-across – Naturally cold state, but sweet when baked : ALASKA
24-across – Made claim that was upheld : MAINTAINED
25-across – Pubs names one’s made a case for : INNS
26-across – Despicable person possibly got time inside : TOERAG
27-across – Put up with being last : ENDURE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – It’s to be found in the estate agent’s brochure : SITUATE
2-down – Make master, finally, a head : REACH
3-down – Turns up in chilly surroundings yet well received : POPULAR
5-down – A car’s crashed and left by villain : RASCAL
6-down – Graphic new form of catechism : SCHEMATIC
7-down – Stimulated to use a rod, perhaps : AROUSED
8-down – Cheap transport : PENNYFARTHING
14-down – But for this, life would be unbearable : TOLERANCE
16-down – Used when a path’s relaid round top of the lane : ASPHALT
18-down – Leave a bar with a university man : ABANDON
19-down – Question one about point that’s not straightforward : ASKANCE
20-down – Capital city – the big smoke? : HAVANA
23-down – Last word to the French about to expire : ADIEU

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21747 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21747 clues and answers were published on Fri 19 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21747 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Plant with a sting stuck in the chimney : LABURNUM
5-across – Jack on the way to distant climes? : ABROAD
9-across – Five small English bays suitable for tiny vessels : VEINLETS
10-across – Stuck with History Man : PASTED
12-across – Dexter changing sides develops a delicate touch : LIGHTHANDED
15-across – Catches the blows : HOOKS
17-across – My love, for the record, is starting training as a muscleman : MYOLOGIST
18-across – Measure topless girl by sight : OPTICALLY
19-across – Alien following cat around with hymnal music : MOTET
20-across – Fetch Ron the rum after that : THENCEFORTH
24-across – Pander to wit : HUMOUR
25-across – Small insect, one in a pudding in Chile : SANTIAGO
26-across – Remains of drug in fertilizer : POTASH
27-across – Mechanical writing found to be lacking in diversity : TYPECAST

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Reportedly bright criminal devised means of support : LIVELIHOOD
2-down – Fabulous thornbird holds key to Shropshire town : BRIDGNORTH
3-down – Slater turned up, having been fired again : RELIT
4-down – Free upstanding girl: two students have turned clumsily around : UNTRAMMELLED
6-down – Meeting place with offer of food and lodging : BOARDROOM
7-down – Curse that’s old hat, possibly : OATH
8-down – At Carthage she saw the sights for nothing : DIDO
11-down – Noisy cry said to be caused by a personality trait : IDIOSYNCRASY
13-down – Old curiosities cross to the New World : VICTORIANA
14-down – Two chits – right? – required for the plant : STITCHWORT
16-down – Garden tool Tiger hauled into the Bishop’s office, pursued by Bear? Almost! : SECATEURS
21-down – Archaic song, loud yet madly out of tune : FYTTE
22-down – Buy such talk? : SHOP
23-down – Bellies up! Bit of rudeness : SMUT

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

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