Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21740 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21740 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21740 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Crank who did badly in Lent, for example : FADDIST
5-across – Boards with a relative : STEPSON
9-across – Point in lake that might prove richly rewarding : ERNIE
10-across – Defeat on the cricket field, perhaps : OVERTHROW
11-across – TV programme anxiously watched at Cape Canaveral, presumably : COUNTDOWN
12-across – Headgear associated with German soldier : MITRE
13-across – Avoids garments of coarse cloth : DUCKS
15-across – Attack causing displeasure : OFFENSIVE
18-across – Said paper has to go? : DISAPPEAR
19-across – Entire amount put by child on a plate : TOTAL
21-across – Instrument firm’s internal measure : CELLO
23-across – Vacillating invertebrate : SPINELESS
25-across – Artist saying ‘owdo to old actor : DONATELLO
26-across – A declared interest in meat : STEAK
27-across – Asked side to change colour : DESIRED
28-across – Shakespearean’s second source of finance : SLENDER

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Warmly covered at exorbitant cost? : FLEECED
2-down – Inveighs against study on weights : DENOUNCES
3-down – Disinclined to act in plainer terms : INERT
4-down – Two thirds of the deliveries completed? : TWOTOCOME
5-down – Point on bird’s back : STERN
6-down – Site meant originally for a small bar : ESTAMINET
7-down – Supporter’s mistrust : STRUT
8-down – Out of the running at present in this location : NOWHERE
14-down – Drink ale with fan : SUPPORTER
16-down – Get rid of Jeremy’s hearthside implements? : FIREIRONS
17-down – Having the principal role at the front : INTHELEAD
18-down – Resolved to be firm : DECIDED
20-down – Armed Indian tribesmen getting lark to fly round tree : LASHKAR
22-down – Animal said to have connections : LINKS
23-down – Financially sound southern lido, perhaps : SOLID
24-down – Follow sun moving from east to east? : ENSUE

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21739 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21739 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21739 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – A high mark, with luck and a half, within range : ALPHAPLUS
10-across – See 16 : LEACH
11-across – 21, the writer, an unconventional farceur? : BEATRIX
12-across – Altitude with no time before morning attained after 21 in Norfolk : HEIGHAM
13-across – Bear accepting stakes : TOTE
14-across – The tyranny of the subconscious? : REPRESSION
16-across – 21 hesitatingly put aromatic oil in disinfectant : BERNARD
17-across – 21, good at games, suggests bird’s-foot : STEPHEN
19-across – Finishes beheaded, not carried over : ENDSTOPPED
22-across – Norfolk water used to be the start of 12 : WASH
24-across – The Little Prince, a title with fire in it : KINGLET
25-across – Reversing loco around this place in Norfolk : DEREHAM
26-across – Scottish town, the Irish being held by Granny : NAIRN
27-across – Brian Close, damaged with loss of student, needs a lawyer : ESCRIBANO

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – With entry of b-big 22, a sword and a ruler will not be kosher : SABBATHBREAKING
2-down – Southern dish to make a mess on the wall, perhaps : SPLATTER
3-down – 21, the young wizard – don’t leave him in peace : HARRY
4-down – To eat without slack’s to make cake without oil : FLAXSEED
5-down – 3’s funny girl in the Bible : ESTHER
6-down – Prairie-dwellers devise a scheme about reconstructed mines : PLAINSMEN
7-down – Commercial television is upset about a tree supplanted by 3 : VASHTI
8-down – Would-be traveller to Norfolk finds those folk a fraction : THEMANINTHEMOON
15-down – Common phones for loyalists on their toes? : PARTYLINE
17-down – Bird in detention put in to copy a mammal? : SHELDUCK
18-down – Agreement with both ears? : HEARHEAR
20-down – 21, the dramatist, did the wrong thing the wrong way : DENNIS
21-down – Dawdle like a nerd after 23s : POTTER
23-down – Educate followers on-line : TRAIN

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21738 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21738 clues and answers were published on Tue 09 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21738 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

4-across – Band near the top in releases, we hear : FRIEZE
6-across – Order sun when playing a game : ROUNDERS
9-across – Sound of collecting-tin upset? : RATTLE
10-across – A station took in the traitor : APOSTATE
11-across – With which one can get weaving! : WARPANDWEFT
15-across – One lesson is about an animal : LIONESS
17-across – The stuff presented to the viewer is nonsense : EYEWASH
18-across – He has decisive qualities : ADJUDICATOR
22-across – This is a bit phoney : EARPIECE
23-across – Plant’s trouble kept back : DAHLIA
24-across – One giving out around a billion to arouse hostility : EMBITTER
25-across – Snappy costume? : LIVERY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Shrub first and last appearing on a field : AZALEA
2-down – See compositor about layer to delete : COMPREHEND
3-down – I sent tea around, being cordial : ANISETTE
4-down – Word when going to get on prosperously : FAREWELL
5-down – Police body put down, cut up : INTERPOL
7-down – Northern drink raised spirit : ELAN
8-down – Check part of wineglass : STEM
12-down – One up with pop? : DISCJOCKEY
13-down – One nonetheless to live outside prison : BASTILLE
14-down – Quick to contain injury in dispensary : PHARMACY
16-down – Waste a time with ace being prepared : EMACIATE
19-down – Intelligence headquarters : CRANIA
20-down – Distribute flesh, say … : METE
21-down – … and search for food : GRUB

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21737 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21737 clues and answers were published on Mon 08 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21737 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

7-across – Wonder if there’s a motor-ing club within distance : MIRACLE
8-across – They have to stay in to take deliveries : BATSMEN
10-across – Variation in game may need explaining : ENIGMA
11-across – Drunk in an ugly situation gets awkward : UNGAINLY
12-across – Easy to reach but hard to touch : NEAR
13-across – Used to support worker : SECONDHAND
14-across – Well off? : SOUNDASLEEP
19-across – A rule uniformly applied? : MARTIALLAW
22-across – Aristocrat always preceded by a page : PEER
23-across – Soldiers roar and sing wildly : GARRISON
24-across – Golfing or boxing circles? : ROUNDS
25-across – A burnt-out pantomime character? : CINDERS
26-across – Sent to a prison store : PUTAWAY

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Explorer, one given all-round support : PIONEER
2-down – Is the bounder brought before this court? : KANGAROO
3-down – Sounds coming from fold or stable : BLEATS
4-down – Sort of seat possibly alarming to an MP : MARGINAL
5-down – Prophet is first-class, given a head start : ISAIAH
6-down – Touching emotion? : FEELING
9-down – Going on a local tour : PUBCRAWLING
15-down – It floated a company to avoid liquidation : NOAHSARK
16-down – Marriage or adoption : ESPOUSAL
17-down – French complaint over song causes ill-feeling : MALARIA
18-down – Departed vessel, showing no emotion : DEADPAN
20-down – I am stuck in traffic – abusive words result : TIRADE
21-down – Prepare to run a race heat : WARMUP

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21735 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21735 clues and answers were published on Fri 05 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21735 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Support act’s return with ruler’s mark of approval : WALKINGSTICK
8-across – Tipsy grandee gets bitter : ANGERED
9-across – The devil is rough-and-ready : SCRATCH
11-across – New article needs sharp material : NANKEEN
12-across – Address of old allotment : ORATION
13-across – In Lancashire town, student makes stout : BURLY
14-across – Novelist produces a beer mug by the stream : STEINBECK
16-across – A Ford T car is renovated, showing motorist’s skill : ROADCRAFT
19-across – A bit of padding inserted to dry out weapon : SPEAR
21-across – Social climber mounted Ernst’s last two paintings : UPSTART
23-across – A defect from some terrible mishap : BLEMISH
24-across – Desirous of touring a country : HUNGARY
25-across – One turned awkwardly and thrust oneself forward : INTRUDE
26-across – School Esther reformed is a model : CLOTHESHORSE

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Haulier found dead in conflict : WAGONER
2-down – Crime Clare contrived on the State : LARCENY
3-down – Land somebody on Sunday in the country : INDONESIA
4-down – Apparent disgust often betrays enthusiasm : GUSTO
5-down – Queen appears in school ground : TERRAIN
6-down – Act badly upon desire. That’s sneaky : CATLIKE
7-down – Artist gets Bob endlessly agitated : GAINSBOROUGH
10-down – Long to dress daughter with outstanding accessory : HANDKERCHIEF
15-down – Found habit less developed : ESTABLISH
17-down – Magazine shows money in the sea : ARSENAL
18-down – Noisy petitioner loses impact, initially : CLAMANT
19-down – Queen supports fish-processing works : SMELTER
20-down – English beauty losing heart to person of taste : EPICURE
22-down – A plant for the said occasion : THYME

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

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