The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21699 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21699 clues and answers were published on Fri 24 Sep 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21699 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossBlind to bright yellow, perhaps? : SUNSHADE
5-acrossGood-looker redresses wrong after trouble : ADONIS
9-acrossVirgin’s never been knocked : UNTAPPED
10-acrossSupplier of car to Queen : MERCER
12-acrossOne who has to hum and haw? : HAVER
13-acrossA chemist, perhaps, could start following arrangement : SCHEMATIC
14-acrossTurkey-trot is not exactly an example : COUNTRYDANCE
18-acrossExpense includes new food left in an odd way : OUTLANDISHLY
21-acrossRogue with loot about to ring you first : SCALLYWAG
23-acrossPartly repair a teapot boiling over : IRATE
24-acrossShanghai sailor on passage : ABDUCT
25-acrossJack and Norm : STANDARD
26-acrossEndeavour to keep close in : TRENDY
27-acrossSupplement menu with threepenny bits : ADDENDUM

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Looked for drunk without disgusting expression : SOUGHT
2-down – Local not affected about time : NATIVE
3-down – Barely hop around curve : HYPERBOLA
4-down – Castigation for putting on casual clothes? : DRESSINGDOWN
6-down – Vision of mother leaping about : DREAM
7-down – Poison that fills one bed in nine? : NICOTINE
8-down – Hit lofted catches without strain : STRICKEN
11-down – Lacking height and seen to be lacking imagination : SHORTSIGHTED
15-down – Note union delay : DALLIANCE
16-down – Regular talk of thieves, perhaps, hiding on road : CONSTANT
17-down – Sit heartlessly on fence? : STRADDLE
19-down – Thank poet for old coat : TABARD
20-down – Models posing rarely : SELDOM
22-down – Top-class detectives initially left in clear : LUCID

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

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