The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21731 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21731 clues and answers were published on Mon 01 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21731 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossShed providing disreputable shelter beside the street : DIVEST
4-acrossIt connects similar pressure points : ISOBAR
9-acrossList of food : ROLL
10-acrossA travelling case? : OUTPATIENT
11-acrossGirl in the bar getting drunk : BERTHA
12-acrossJust the same, it means you had the right money : NOCHANGE
13-acrossIt may be adjusted for the rest of the holiday : DECKCHAIR
15-acrossResponsibility we can’t avoid? : ONUS
16-acrossOffers to take the lot? : BIDS
17-acrossSomeone foolish or amusing, perhaps : IGNORAMUS
21-acrossOne naturally separated from the rest of humanity : ISLANDER
22-acrossNecessitate a note before Latin revision : ENTAIL
24-acrossUncle Sam’s braces : SUSPENDERS
25-acrossOne is angry having lost it : WOOL
26-acrossPresumably he likes painstaking people : SADIST
27-acrossDaisy’s song cycle? : TANDEM

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – See the bishop’s concern : DIOCESE
2-down – Inconclusive steps taken to get servant : VALET
3-down – New mascot hard to put up with : STOMACH
5-down – What many, in panic, make themselves : SCARCE
6-down – She backed the replacement of the ten-shilling note : BRITANNIA
7-down – Pulls out Greene’s novel : RENEGES
8-down – Fixed rule deciding priority in a queue? : STANDINGORDER
14-down – Young goat tipped as a winner by Stevenson : KIDNAPPED
16-down – They’re found in north-west Spain, worn by women : BASQUES
18-down – Supervise, we hear, away from this country : OVERSEA
19-down – All the same, it suits some people : UNIFORM
20-down – A Spaniard is taken for a Greek : ADONIS
23-down – Dragged to the altar? : TOWED

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

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