The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21968 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 21968 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Aug 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21968 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossUgly mark on study of land between downs : WEALDEN
5-acrossSee 10 : OFWRATH
9-acrossDivers’ experience annoys informers : NARKS
10-acrossWere 25’s purple with rage? : THEGRAPES
11-across25’s potentially safe to garden : EASTOFEDEN
12-acrossStar almost without animal feed? : VEGA
14-acrossPrincess wrote poetry – more than one line : DIVERSIFIED
18-acrossWaves and wind disclose Eocene zebra : OCEANBREEZE
21-acrossCount before time? Not quite : EARL
22-acrossCanvas supporting cylindrical object with frets : DISCONTENT
25-acrossWriter with a mug of beer on stream : STEINBECK
26-acrossPotential sounds very small : MIGHT
27-across25’s is not 2, 16’s had 6d: a hurdle for the cow? : THEMOON
28-acrossIt’s wrong to wax without pretence : SINCERE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – 25’s of our 22 begins what Bosworth ended : WINTER
2-down – A sign the other way : ACROSS
3-down – Two long syllables, one short, in depression depressed : DESPONDENT
4-down – Fool touching some gunpowder : NITRE
5-down – Just a bachelor’s, which is nearly a frost : ONEDEGREE
6-down – Message tense finishes go to : WIRE
7-down – Quintessentially American order : APPLEPIE
8-down – Saves partners : HUSBANDS
13-down – 25’s alternatives, frequently bad planners : MICEANDMEN
15-down – British prince takes five, Golden Cat by name : VORTIGERN
16-down – First name of writer audible far from 1 down group : SOMERSET
17-down – Suspended sentence, with agent always holding one up : REPRIEVE
19-down – Dog second to bird : BEAGLE
20-down – Go to law about junk that could be marble : STATUE
23-down – Sold with 7, 16’s went with ale : CAKES
24-down – Ruin a French party : UNDO

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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