The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21762 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21762 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 Dec 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21762 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossThese MDs enter insane crises of conflict! : MEDECINS
9-acrossSnake worshipper losing hope about it : OPHITE
10-acrossSee 7 : SANS
11-acrossSee 7 : FRONTIERES
12-acrossAviators losing time going East: that’s hairy! : PILOSE
14-acrossSuperior to Tommy’s tin helmet? : BRASSHAT
15-acrossCode of the English and this involves many : ETHICS
17-acrossWhat the economy needs: get-up-and-go! : UPTURN
20-acrossStop that Cartier-Bresson set! : APERTURE
22-acrossWhere the Normans stitched up the Saxons? : BAYEUX
23-acrossRaise handlebar with force and quarrel at the pain of it : GROWATACHE
24-acrossA spot of air-traffic control: b– cheek! : BLIP
25-acrossI, Romulus Caesar, could for universal love become Emperor : MARCUS
26-across : AURELIUS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Feel a git? Change! Join the race! : GETALIFE
2-down – 16 of 5 had four husbands with brass. Oh! Wicked female! … : BESS
3-down – … and only two farthings in a fortune: These things are as ______ in the wind : PIFFLE
4-down – US Marines train here by Potomac. B– awful! : BOOTCAMP
5-down – City where Kate’s put six feet under : SHREWSBURY
6-down – Wisdom, therefore, in articles : ATHENA
8-down – Boorish attempt to influence the mighty with society leader : SLOBBY
13-down – See 2 : OFHARDWICK
16-down – Left from incalculable role in The Marriage of Figaro : COUNTESS
18-down – Nuclear sub built from tin with usual reaction : NAUTILUS
19-down – Offer, say, his kingdom : MERCIA
21-down – River rat slaughtered and left at the gate : PORTAL
22-down – Exhausted by capturing a king : BLEARY
24-down – Papal demand for spit and polish : BULL

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

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