Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21820 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21820 clues and answers were published on Mon 14 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21820 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – The only one in a suit wearing a vest : SINGLETON
10-across – Mature, or mature to a point : RIPEN
11-across – A new role in flight control : AILERON
12-across – Shattered hope and returning trouble robbed her of the will to live : OPHELIA
13-across – A piece of cake for a midshipman : EASY
14-across – Open and confined spaces for relaxation in school : COMMONROOM
16-across – Fall of rotter in lawsuit : CASCADE
17-across – It may identify the member leading the orchestra : ARMBAND
19-across – Soldiers in irregular wars need someone to provide intelligence : NEWSREADER
22-across – How about a call to slow down? : WHOA
24-across – Airs composed by priest in Hebrew : ISRAELI
25-across – Become weak, get nurse round for the final stage : TAILEND
26-across – Roots develop into a trunk : TORSO
27-across – Soup ingredient often includes eggs : BIRDSNEST

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Those who should be inside out : ESCAPEDCONVICTS
2-down – They should be able to identify any salts in a mixture : ANALYSIS
3-down – Highlight of 70s’ fashion trousers? : FLARE
4-down – Phaeton’s rebuilt as a carriage for one : STANHOPE
5-down – Where teachers teach? : INFORM
6-down – Many cheer the reformation of Satan : ARCHENEMY
7-down – Sun-god took men to the moon : APOLLO
8-down – Barmaids need not give change for these machines : ONEARMEDBANDITS
15-down – Girl and boy flirted : CARRIEDON
17-down – Opening for a photographer : APERTURE
18-down – Runners allowed to enter various heats : ATHLETES
20-down – Call for action put out by the Salvation Army : WARCRY
21-down – A disposition of arms : AKIMBO
23-down – Climbing gear? : FIRST

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

Daily Answers

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21818 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21818 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21818 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Make some 14, say… : MULTIPLE
5-across – …with heartless 22 15… : CHOICE
9-across – …and 20 for self-reversal? – ???… : QUESTION
10-across – …Tally – is it A, B, C or D? Not B, C : ACCORD
11-across – Dine out, entertaining three kings in a dream : IMAGINED
12-across – Answer: cancel resignation? : REJOIN
14-across – Hot drink for Northumbrian king held by German 26 endlessly : MULLEDWINE
18-across – Fellow sailors on boat, chiropodist and harvester? : CORNCUTTER
22-across – Tucked in to fish, partly dressed : COATED
23-across – Refrain about English ancestor : FOREBEAR
24-across – Swear at light’s flowing out : EFFLUX
25-across – Prison for Miss Philips, back holding head of loved pet : ALCATRAZ
26-across – Runner, about 50, could use a stone : MILLER
27-across – German girl with information about attempt to throw up : GRETCHEN

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Titled gentleman losing right to go underground : MAQUIS
2-down – Shelter on the road to be made up? : LEEWAY
3-down – Know at once that resident of 21 land keeps time : INTUIT
4-down – Privy page follows new duke to be respected : LOOKEDUPTO
6-down – Ranch house had a nice aspect : HACIENDA
7-down – I like this theme; it’s concerned with what might be radioactive : ISOTOPIC
8-down – Risk bad feeling after conclusion : ENDANGER
13-down – Unskilled group circulating changed locale : BLUECOLLAR
15-down – Diamonds for the elite that’s sweet and 21 : ICECREAM
16-down – Doctor with feudal manner – appalling! : DREADFUL
17-down – Plan for audience you’ll shed when the order’s changed : SCHEDULE
19-down – Permit includes transport to Near East : LEVANT
20-down – Try to find and brand the church : SEARCH
21-down – Away with Buddhism! It’s very cold : FROZEN

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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21817 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21817 clues and answers were published on Thu 10 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21817 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

9-across – Glimmer of understanding of semivowel sound : HALFANEYE
10-across – Fellow drinks no hock : HOUGH
11-across – Tall and slender – not overweight : LONGTON
12-across – Second game in court to be slotted in : SUPPORT
13-across – Blow a kiss : SMACK
14-across – Doctors date nurse foolishly : DENATURES
16-across – Speech impediment? : LANGUAGEBARRIER
19-across – Restore order – that’s the bottom line : REARRANGE
21-across – Flat found in high-rise on returning home : PLAIN
22-across – Clothes drier – horse under another name, say : WRINGER
23-across – Scream a warning : CAUTION
24-across – Assume fusspot overlooking nothing : ADOPT
25-across – She lost to possible champ? Such couldn’t! : TOOTHLESS

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Merchant seaman reported sound ahead : WHOLESALER
2-down – Sow area in fruit : PLANTAIN
3-down – Wood comes round to composer : BARTOK
4-down – Tacked, choosing directions in sequence : SEWN
5-down – Newborn asleep, so appealing : PERSONABLE
6-down – Capital in Pie chart’s wrong : CHAPITER
7-down – Bizarre Guardian’s report : RUMOUR
8-down – Teatime conversation : CHAT
14-down – Deny turning, through time, into corrupt being : DEGENERATE
15-down – Quality of King and Queen recognised in very many quarters : SERENENESS
17-down – Claims to have originally raised standards : UPRIGHTS
18-down – Fancies butterflies, say : IMAGINES
20-down – Too protective of one new girl : ALISON
21-down – Rich, self-assertive, grasping Liberal : PLUSHY
22-down – River sport : WEAR
23-down – Produce for stock : CROP

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21816 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21816 clues and answers were published on Wed 09 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21816 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Bird in a burst drain without water : BUSTARD
5-across – How the exploited patient felt? : ILLUSED
9-across – Oberon’s name for a bird : MERLE
10-across – Bird appearing in club poster : SPOONBILL
11-across – Bird outperforming an eagle : ALBATROSS
12-across – Rival lover from the East traps Irish sage : OLLAV
13-across – This ticket is ideal for elections : DREAM
15-across – Whirlybird in the kitchen? : EGGBEATER
18-across – Does Terry turn killer? : DESTROYER
19-across – Bird wife found in sieve : SWIFT
21-across – View first seen in outskirts of Vienna : VISTA
23-across – Bird – the first hornbill : THORNBILL
25-across – Bird half-covered in crumpled scrolls : CROSSBILL
26-across – Bird I name after US state : COLIN
27-across – Fast seducer at work : SECURED
28-across – Held up outside, Queen got lost : STRAYED

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – Assail doctor in committee : BOMBARD
2-down – Do they bristle when so called? : SCRUBBERS
3-down – Spy has inside information about alternative technology : AGENT
4-down – Find made by coy divers : DISCOVERY
5-down – Golf equipment once used in curling : IRONS
6-down – English capitalists? : LONDONERS
7-down – Eddy from SW Ireland : SWIRL
8-down – What a promising bowler has to do? : DELIVER
14-down – Bird swimming near germs : MERGANSER
16-down – They could get real soggy after a storm : GARGOYLES
17-down – Slightly adjusted: in the middle virtually changed : TRIVIALLY
18-down – Plans for mottoes : DEVICES
20-down – Some metal one designed with claws : TALONED
22-down – One who philosophically objects to beef : STOIC
23-down – Degree of punishment for low-achieving graduate : THIRD
24-down – New cake decorator is more finicky : NICER

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

Clues

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21815 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21815 clues and answers were published on Tue 08 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21815 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:

1-across – Paper holder found in cheese – cafes devastated : BRIEFCASE
6-across – The method millions follow to get a computer device : MODEM
9-across – Reveal the French fashion : LETON
10-across – Memory showing strain, reportedly, after scripture lesson : RETENTION
11-across – Using detailed examination, I can’t allay worries : ANALYTICAL
12-across – The old labourer’s endlessly cheeky in return : SERF
14-across – Book the player on the bench? : RESERVE
15-across – Renovated turbo sale : TROUBLE
17-across – In this part I steal the show : ARTISTE
19-across – Made a vibrating noise? Sounds like conversation : WHIRRED
20-across – Glamour is a kind of security : GILT
22-across – Make worker pay – he’s leader of a group : CHARGEHAND
25-across – The Sir in Dear Sir? : ADDRESSEE
26-across – One possessing new switch in gold : OWNER
27-across – Shabby boat losing last bit of polish : DINGY
28-across – Attachment for hose : SUSPENDER

All Down Clues and Answers:

1-down – A second science room is erected in wood : BALSA
2-down – Stint worked with rain in passage : INTRANSIT
3-down – Like clothes in which one’s not oneself : FANCYDRESS
4-down – Broadcast story is provider of travel experiences : AIRLINE
5-down – To draw out concentrate : EXTRACT
6-down – Sparing mostly some ancient porcelain : MING
7-down – Conclude a bargain in a stroke : DRIVE
8-down – Find one English elm diseased in hazardous area : MINEFIELD
13-down – No fixed abode? : MOBILEHOME
14-down – Entrenched element in party to raise security : REARGUARD
16-down – Drinks supplier, having made profit, discussed terms : BARGAINED
18-down – Sheep’s roaming round university in ancient city : EPHESUS
19-down – Hostel heads fighting over muddled ends : WARDENS
21-down – With cargo on board, left port : LADEN
23-down – Painter/drawer taking in river : DURER
24-down – Refuse study year : DENY

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

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