The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22131 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22131 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Feb 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22131 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCompound church capital : CHROME
4-acrossHeel rushed ‘is cocktail : SIDECAR
9-acrossMinor way’s curbing major attack : BROADSIDE
10-acrossGame involving a West Indian : CARIB
11-acrossCrop grown at a location in Africa : NATAL
12-acrossCourse of events? : RACETRACK
13-acrossGame plan’s to play in spasms : TACTICS
15-acrossBasic urge to turn crude about proposal : LIBIDO
17-acrossEarth’s one smooth time : PLANET
19-acrossFlier uses rod and line : SPARROW
22-acrossOddly, I cross out excellent customers : CLIENTELE
24-acrossMonarchs having a bit of a laugh at one’s colour : KHAKI
26-acrossRespond to trace elements : REACT
27-acrossNot the first to spot tar in liquor : APPLEJACK
28-acrossPlace to make one bitter? : BREWERY
29-acrossStick to instructions to place commercial : ADHERE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Power group’s 10-1 bet nearly comes up : CABINET
2-down – Perch the marsupial way : ROOST
3-down – Old menial beating big gong : MEDALLION
4-down – Where there’s often a gap in character formation : STENCIL
5-down – Tube containing a coin : DUCAT
6-down – Thing to cut out centre one and put in spice : CORIANDER
7-down – Tell off English ruler over German set-up : REBUKE
8-down – Rustic fruit tree : CITRUS
14-down – Copper sheet without a peak : CULMINATE
16-down – Spot of darkness? : BLACKHEAD
18-down – They knock internal treatment : THERAPY
19-down – Oriental turn of phrase : SHERPA
20-down – Gasteropod taking right line : WRINKLE
21-down – Mark rating an insect : SCARAB
23-down – Pertinent when not cooped up in gunpowder : NITRE
25-down – Well-informed article : AWARE

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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