Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21875 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21875 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21875 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – 5 for one who is 9 12? : DIGITAL
5-across – Traveller with prospects turning turtle : SNAPPER
10-across – Good old British infantry starts to desert : GOBI
11-across – Where wines are put down in volume : CELLARBOOK
12-across – See 9 : THUMBS
13-across – Ribald French verses from Bali you say, translated in transmitted copy : FABLIAUX
14-across – Fall back north and point out justification : PRECEDENT
16-across – Work of 18 having spacecraft without directions : MISER
17-across – Stratagem fails to gain entry to sphere of influence : AMBIT
19-across – Might ‘elp to seal with this? : SELLOTAPE
23-across – So Clouseau’s no cruciverbalist? : CLUELESS
24-across – See 1 : CAMERA
26-across – Revival of the kidneys not left to science: not one! : RENASCENCE
27-across – Sally’s so shy : AUNT
28-across – Warhorse needing surgeon at near-disaster : VETERAN
29-across – Lewis Eliot, say, put up with the cold : SNOWMAN

All Down Clues and Answers:

2-down – Graphic indicator thus found in the divine fluid : ISOCHOR
3-down – Man following some subconscious speech pattern : IDIOM
4-down – How stands the defendant? : ACCUSED
6-down – Marshal bar members into close : NEARBY
7-down – Open one’s heart ultimately – to a Max Clifford? : PUBLICIST
8-down – Old electricians love to oppose change, naturally : EVOLUTE
9-down – Alters with fumbling hands; altered with fumbling hands : ALLFINGERSAND
15-down – Bent hairstylist’s reign of terror? : CRIMEWAVE
18-down – He wrote ‘A Man for all Seasons’ without exaggeration : MOLIERE
20-down – Hannibal, born to take the stand : LECTERN
21-down – Swimmer rushed into a hip replacement : PIRANHA
22-down – 15 over a one-time kingdom : MERCIA
25-down – Queen’s speech? : MIAOW

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21874 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21874 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21874 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Such a discussion gives opportunity for falling out : OPENENDED
10-across – Provide some point to a joke : EQUIP
11-across – Wrongly presume it’s the highest : SUPREME
12-across – Retired Thespian appearing as Shylock? : EXACTOR
13-across – Fed up with being drilled : BORED
14-across – Lacking a game to play – or rivals : MATCHLESS
16-across – In which readers may find explosive articles? : MAGAZINESECTION
19-across – It is rough, could be smoother : SANDPAPER
21-across – Expedition has only half a tent : HASTE
22-across – Major transaction sarcastically acclaimed : BIGDEAL
23-across – Criminal gets Gill confused with ale : ILLEGAL
24-across – All the composer required : TUTTI
25-across – He plans the moves; I can act it out : TACTICIAN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Rising indications that one is frightened : GOOSEBUMPS
2-down – A golfer upset about pro’s first game : LEAPFROG
3-down – Fed up, having to stop on guard : DEFEND
4-down – A marginal advantage : EDGE
5-down – He has his own ideas on hoarding : ADVERTISER
6-down – Chips are heavenly served like this : SERAPHIC
7-down – A loose nickname for the BBC : AUNTIE
8-down – Knocks over box : SPAR
14-down – Use fingers to eat a plum in the break : MANIPULATE
15-down – North-east port – part is to come down : SUNDERLAND
17-down – Count as an old gasbag : ZEPPELIN
18-down – Status symbols? : INSIGNIA
20-down – Agent upset over point in dispute : NEGATE
21-down – Order still from a photographer? : HOLDIT
22-down – Barrel and stock of gun : BUTT
23-down – American business contract with a Peruvian : INCA

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21872 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21872 clues and answers were published on Fri 14 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21872 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

8-across – Reporters besieging network for handouts : PRESENTS
9-across – Call for Sargent, say, before a sergeant, say, entered : ENCORE
10-across – Responsibility for extra payment not being introduced : ONUS
11-across – Ignorant about naval leader not being in mufti : UNINFORMED
12-across – Secure, resettled and free : RESCUE
14-across – College servant putting foreign currency in mug : BEDMAKER
15-across – £1,000 annually for a family member : GRANDPA
17-across – Elastic band held by agent : SPRINGY
20-across – Auditor brought into companies supplying weapons : FIREARMS
22-across – Santa Fe’s last article : CLAUSE
23-across – Stone coffins transported in a cargo ship : SARCOPHAGI
24-across – Small sweet potato : SPUD
25-across – Boat carrying empty Norse basket : PUNNET
26-across – Everlasting kiss inside or outside : EXTERNAL

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – The majesty of King George under a madness? : GRANDEUR
2-down – Snakes and serpents possess small heads : ASPS
3-down – Bear last seen by Yorkshire river : ENDURE
4-down – Flower left out when Bastille collapsed : ASTILBE
5-down – Busy worker getting disgruntled is given reinforcement : BEEFEDUP
6-down – Mark on tongue seen before a fever : SCARLATINA
7-down – French cheeses, so people say, produce slight wind : BREEZE
13-down – Glowing tin going down : CANDESCENT
16-down – Animal enclosed by some low walls : PARAPETS
18-down – Conveying rage and lust using sign language? : GESTURAL
19-down – Some colleges say education is tried : ESSAYED
21-down – Decapitated clergyman – American aviation casualty long ago : ICARUS
22-down – Letter from Greece to New Zealand about tiptop material : CHINTZ
24-down – Resentful god overthrown : SORE

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21871 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21871 clues and answers were published on Thu 13 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21871 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Talk to dancers on golf course? : ADDRESSTHEBALL
8-across – Do a dance : TWIST
9-across – Take every precaution to measure out potassium content : MAKESURE
11-across – Small man backing boss on sacred lotus : NELUMBO
12-across – Very important mines worked by a novice : SEMINAL
13-across – See about men getting fruit : MELON
15-across – Puzzling about giant mice : ENIGMATIC
17-across – Not paid to be changeable? : UNSETTLED
20-across – Smooth journalists : PRESS
21-across – He doubts if unruly Picts would accept church : SCEPTIC
23-across – Somehow air tele-workshop : ATELIER
25-across – Hunt round before going in to this point : HEREUNTO
26-across – Heath, for example, with a Spaniard? : EGDON
27-across – Quickest way out of Lot’s wife’s reach : ASTHECROWFLIES

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Do something unpremeditated, ie consult map, perhaps : ACTONIMPULSE
2-down – Exercise that may bore : DRILL
3-down – Site meant for small café! : ESTAMINET
4-down – VIP and certain individuals going about a long time : SOMEONE
5-down – Japanese artist’s last sketch – agreed America gets one : HEKUSAI
6-down – Lazy woman gets the brush : BESOM
7-down – Eyeglasses with no letter ‘g’? : LORGNETTE
10-down – Girl’s extra message about ring found in Australia : ALICESPRINGS
14-down – They pay attention to auditors : LISTENERS
16-down – Feel a palm becoming a Canadian symbol : MAPLELEAF
18-down – In a few words, it’s conical shaped : LACONIC
19-down – A bid, perhaps, to get loo regulated as a game : DIABOLO
22-down – Some debate ethical choice for consumers : TEETH
24-down – Kind of lemur living in dripping forests : INDRI

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21870 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21870 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21870 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – See 14 : OUTOFMIND
10-across – Marry at a church which is on strike? : HITCH
11-across – No use getting upset after soldier retreats from fire : IGNEOUS
12-across – Literary wizard produces acceleration plus 50 per cent, vulgarly : GANDALF
13-across – Top man on commercial : HEAD
14-across – What the eye doesn’t see … – blind and crazy? : OUTOFSIGHT
15-across – Turn to numbers 1 and 50 – that should serve a purpose : UTENSIL
17-across – Moses fled after God started mad dispersal : GRANDMA
19-across – Booty left by destroyer of game? : SPOILSPORT
22-across – Where Henri IV succeeded the king in the bush? : IVRY
23-across – West African capital slightly changed … : YYOUNDE
24-across – … from the vowel sounds we make : YOUANDI
26-across – Consonantal sound of North American girl : NASAL
27-across – Weapon holder, a Southern term for an amphibian : SWORDFROG

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Exit 16 to require no explanation : GOWITHOUTSAYING
2-down – The theatrical profession includes one from long ago : STONEAGE
3-down – Hairstyle for a revolutionary : AFRO
4-down – Piece of hair of the dog left under the buss : KISSCURL
5-down – A gadabout before 10 goes slowly : ADAGIO
6-down – Pacific area, home: hunt round it first : CHINASEA
7-down – Former minister: odd he didn’t finish : STRANG
8-down – Article in the Financial Times, sadly working in guineas, shows itês all over : THEFATLADYSINGS
16-down – Like an ass holding 10 oddly like a mouse? : SILENTLY
17-down – Warning to streetwalkers of Spooner’s fatty glutinous mess : GARDYLOO
18-down – Hence come waves without water round an opening : DAVENTRY
20-down – Player with piece of wood gets up to holding a French one : OBOIST
21-down – Request for quiet let? : PLEASE
25-down – Somewhat run-down ruin : UNDO

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

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