The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22064 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22064 clues and answers were published on Fri 24 Nov 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22064 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossUnderground sportsmen in Likud upset monkey : DURUKULI
9-acrossProtective layer for District and Circle? Vice versa : OZONE
10-acrossOld woman about to get rhyming family home : SHOE
11-acrossEndure transfer: outside left not returned : UNREQUITED
12-acrossPropose to maintain king in health : PROSIT
14-acrossWine and cheese, unopened, to throw away : RIESLING
15-across1 9 /150 = gradient : INCLINE
17-acrossSpeaker about to spoil fishing gear : STENTOR
20-acrossInstrument for putting spirit, hot, into excrescence : CRUMHORN
22-acrossObscure compiler’s inconclusive threat : MYSTIC
23-acrossAilment induced by Spooner’s blast on the French horn? : TRENCHFOOT
24-acrossFar from cheerful actor, so they say : DOUR
25-acrossDeal with rubbish round about : TREAT
26-acrossYear in which eastern nation gets young leader, the nation’s backbone : YEOMANRY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Reformed faith ultimately neutral : LUTHERAN
2-down – Aristocrat right to receive monarch : DUKE
3-down – Bend after a blow, though dignified : AUGUST
4-down – Scales line to intellectual storehouse : LIBRARY
5-down – Victory for many aboard the Endeavour : CONQUEST
6-down – Shakespearean bird almost put in jail : CORIOLANUS
7-down – Point in time to an expanse of water : AEGEAN
13-down – Holy man eaten by smoother amphibian : SALAMANDER
16-down – Convert to the Pony Express, initially : NEOPHYTE
18-down – Witchcraft: spinning gold in attempt to get notice, finally : OBITUARY
19-down – Great lover married? Just the opposite : ANTONYM
21-down – Right one in cultured surrounds ã one in a million? : RARITY
22-down – Alternative to dole is cosmic waste : METEOR
24-down – Measure up to the barrel-bearer : DRAY

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

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