Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21746 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21746 clues and answers were published on Thu 18 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21746 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – The trick is to categorise the companion : CONSORT
5-across – Old-style exam turned the heat on old-style forfeit : ESCHEAT
10-across – Commotion in place of confinement : STIR
11-across – Beats American childrenÕs game in Three Sisters : FUSTIGATES
12-across – Classical mantrap thatÕs never been touched : VIRGIN
13-across – A couple get put through and cut off : AMPUTATE
14-across – Wild Man of the East in the gallery chasing some Parisian : DESPERADO
16-across – Look hurt when cold drink goes round : WINCE
17-across – It gives edge to drinks round : STROP
19-across – Cleaner copies including past papers : COLDCREAM
23-across – Middle bit of Yorkshire-manÕs fish tail? : ENDOCARP
24-across – Feature of middle age or newspaper : SPREAD
26-across – Five wanting the evensong transposed to a sacred site : STONEHENGE
27-across – Headless donkey in the vortex : EDDY
28-across – BirdÕs better suited to Cartesian co-ordinates : APTERYX
29-across – Semi-staged, The Talking Bird requires staying power : STAMINA

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Pickets in silhouette? : OUTLINE
3-down – Show indifference by being quiet on the mat : SHRUG
4-down – Make allusion about popular distiller : REFINER
6-down – Philby infiltrates one of his ilk, supplying inadequate cover : SKIMPY
7-down – The man to make adjustments receives greeting from the fitter : HEALTHIER
8-down – Germ-free secret agents up for apprehending part of tribe : ASEPTIC
9-down – Touring Greece, perhaps, oneÕs purchases include real estate : ISLANDHOPPING
15-down – Make declaration, I say, before church : PRONOUNCE
18-down – Casual dress in the turret, maybe : TANKTOP
20-down – Decline to eliminate odour? : DESCENT
21-down – Best thing to do to the Titanic when thereÕs an orchestra playing : ABANDON
22-down – China animal given fodder : CATHAY
25-down – Discharge ambassador in peculiar circumstances : RHEUM

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21745 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21745 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21745 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Blue swallow found on shed : DOWNCAST
5-across – Managed to cheat millions by chance : RANDOM
9-across – Scold great man touring the West End : TERMAGANT
11-across – Spike is to pop back round : PITON
12-across – Somewhere between flights, bar which pilots use? : LANDINGSTRIP
15-across – Some pianoforte chords reverberate : ECHO
16-across – Running water experiment for use in manufacturing : INDUSTRIAL
18-across – Where, on sea-battered point, you get back trouble? : EASTANGLIA
19-across – Kiss a number, coming back round after that : NEXT
21-across – Sensuous performance, gut reaction to good news? : BELLYDANCING
24-across – Can return in American groups : UNITS
25-across – Imagine going to dig being fantastic? : DREAMLIKE
26-across – The most sensible sink is French : SAGEST
27-across – Bones and leeks cooked by weight : SKELETON

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Tax office : DUTY
2-down – Caution if climbing pole and inexperienced : WARN
3-down – Credit note with tax on is for neckwear : CRAVAT
4-down – Rule about GI with gun, trained and acting as a sentry : STANDINGGUARD
6-down – Pop up and put it in fitting : APPOSITE
7-down – Decide you need time at home when caught in the act? : DETERMINED
8-down – Manage to improve upon lap a minute : MANIPULATE
10-down – Insincere language invol-ved with insolence : TONGUEINCHEEK
13-down – In this area theres a house Bert rebuilt : HEREABOUTS
14-down – Cheating companion, one taking money : CHISELLING
17-down – Songs about plays in Greek island : CALYPSOS
20-down – Brutal for a short time? Thats up to Capone : ANIMAL
22-down – Student first to reach table : LIST
23-down – Japanese buyer about a quarter interviewed : SEEN

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21744 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21744 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21744 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Prove right, merely by changing book to Kipling poem : JUSTIFY
5-across – One disposing of irritations following Labour Party round : FLYTRAP
9-across – Express boarded by Latin Society : WORLD
10-across – Magistrate’s conflicting votes left America in recession : PROCONSUL
11-across – Big, big band in organ rendition : BROBDINGNAGIAN
13-across – Serviceable fellow rejected northern banker : OUSE
14-across – War and Peace personified: not I – the king’s old gamekeeper : WARRENER
17-across – Round the twist or up the pole? : DUENORTH
18-across – The Animals may initially make a persistent noise! : ZOOM
21-across – Besotted, they pop without introduction up chapel! : THEHAPPYCOUPLE
23-across – Great conqueror’s kiss collected by a beautiful youth : ALEXANDER
24-across – Essential part finally bottled? : VITAL
25-across – Clear drama enacted on court? : NETPLAY
26-across – Fool’s eating bitter plant off the wall! : BERSERK

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Two little women with start of lock jaw : JOWL
2-down – The lead for which one was unprepared? : SURPRISEELEMENT
3-down – Badly behind, missing third payment, ultimately still owing : INDEBT
4-down – Young professional lady’s ending up tart? : YUPPIE
5-down – In terror, disorderly go to pumps? : FOOTGEAR
6-down – Volunteers of yore, with many suffering : YEOMANRY
7-down – Chambers won’t have an entry here, if you’re lucky! : RUSSIANROULETTE
8-down – One retiring medic follows another back into queue behind Dad – or Mum, for example : PALINDROME
12-down – Commercial transport showing considerable stress : GOODSTRAIN
15-down – Number 50 secures bye to last place in quarter-final – my pleasure! : NOTATALL
16-down – Like a fool, puts up with way layabout behaves : STUPIDLY
19-down – That is a horse beetle : SCARAB
20-down – Show fear – this is a case for Robin Hood : QUIVER
22-down – Adverse criticism almost to the end of the scale : FLAK

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21743 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21743 clues and answers were published on Mon 15 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21743 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Flagship rounds end of pier : STREAMER
9-across – Cake made by Claire : ECLAIR
10-across – It doesnÍt go far in church : INCH
11-across – Served with pork? Nonsense! : APPLESAUCE
12-across – Doctor in habit of fighting : COMBAT
14-across – Chaperon needed going round place with a rough reputation : CAPEHORN
15-across – A prize for waste : ATROPHY
17-across – Misery that comes out in a gush : ANGUISH
20-across – Violent reaction against corporal punishment : BACKLASH
22-across – Frenzied woman made an error : MAENAD
23-across – Pays a visit, after some persuasion? : COMESROUND
24-across – A mistake whichever way you look at it : BOOB
25-across – They have small parts in a big picture : INSETS
26-across – Shut up tight in the terminus : ENCLOSED

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Refuse to agree to project : STANDOUT
2-down – Yes, truly an inspiration : YEAH
3-down – Great influence of one politician on some legislation : IMPACT
4-down – King surrounded by subjects in sunny region : TROPICS
5-down – Safe vessel, one showing no sign of age : PETERPAN
6-down – Cheerless accommodation booked by Dickens : BLEAKHOUSE
7-down – It cuts things rather fine : MINCER
13-down – Office worker disliked by librarians? : BOOKKEEPER
16-down – Tear shed in a pillow, perhaps : HEADREST
18-down – Main source of strength for a nation : SEAPOWER
19-down – Middle-aged English travel writer : CHAUCER
21-down – Money for a horse : AMOUNT
22-down – When indisposed, IÍd come to consult him : MEDICO
24-down – United Nations look into pre-Christian era : BLOC

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21741 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21741 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21741 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – A Rock in the hen-house : PLYMOUTH
9-across – Angel whirring about Italy : EALING
10-across – That is missing from popular bar : YORK
11-across – Chinese tram wobbles without one : MANCHESTER
12-across – Policeman in the back : REDCAR
14-across – With bulge around : SANDWELL
15-across – A quiet car maker : ASHFORD
17-across – Consort crashed : SCORTON
20-across – 7p change! The old return : PEVENSEY
22-across – Larger than usual badgerÍs lair : OSSETT
23-across – Familiarly, black liquor : BIRMINGHAM
24-across – Shell : HULL
25-across – Freshly in half : NEMLYN
26-across – Mineral stream : SALTBURN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Flowers once sported by ladies : BLOOMERS
2-down – Frenzy in order after a mad start : AMOK
3-down – Time for the adder : SUMMER
4-down – Cynic shouted: ñThese people! : CHINESE
5-down – One treating machine with carbon? : MECHANIC
6-down – Plant making pains, say : GLASSWORKS
7-down – Synthetic neural complex : UNREAL
13-down – It provides grounds for supper : COFFEEMILL
16-down – Booming snore disturbed soldier : RESONANT
18-down – Win a fierce-looking contest abroad with dazzling display : OUTGLARE
19-down – Deviser of legends could make my thirst run out : MYTHIST
21-down – Checked rising of French tendency : EDITED
22-down – Finish applied to pairs of ornaments, most luxurious : ORMOLU
24-down – They are bared when caps are lifted : HUBS

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

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