The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21931 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21931 clues and answers were published on Thu 22 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21931 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSee 5 down : FAMILY
5-acrossClumsy splices start with slices : JUMPCUTS
9-acrossCould be Sixth Form to politically correct young woman : TOPCLASS
10-acrossGod of home, family and Hull’s library? : LARKIN
11-acrossSilent monkey milked silent cows here! : MILTONKEYNES
13-acrossBack English measures to score a duck : SMEE
14-acrossSo Antony of Brutus finally might lie with gusto : EULOGIST
17-acrossLost memory? One might have a beef here : PASTRAMI
18-acrossDutch Redcoat on board : EDAM
20-acrossGet Tom’s goat? That’s the last thing one would do! : PUTOUTTHECAT
23-acrossA knight, a wife, a dam : KARIBA
24-acrossHawks often here with swan; not a good combination : PENTAGON
25-acrossTruth in failing variety clubs : VERACITY
26-acrossThis angler knew the score : WALTON

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Desperate as a docked donkey : AMOK
3-down – Vicar, say, enjoys living on immoral earnings, say : INCUMBENT
4-down – Periodical too wise, we hear, to admit a nobleman : YEARLY
5-down – Sibling joy: the takeaway fry-up with Ma, Pa and, perhaps, the 10s or the 26s : JUSTONEBIGHAPPY
6-down – Unblended Scotch left in family oven : MALTKILN
7-down – Primitive cry going out for a takeaway : CURRY
8-down – Bog standard TV drama? I wash my hands of it! : TOILETSOAP
12-down – This conception turned out well : IMMACULATE
15-down – China’s Long March? : GREATWALL
16-down – Singers of the lost generation : CASTRATI
19-down – Concede old ledge added now : ACKNOW
21-down – The other sideboard : OUIJA
22-down – Car ferry’s repeated verbal instructions to the galley : RORO

This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.

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