The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22168 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22168 clues and answers were published on Wed 28 Mar 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22168 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


4-acrossStunt, perhaps, during parade for motorists : DEFORM
6-acrossLike 17 and 22, an old boat for an airborne elite : ARKANSAS
9-acrossPart of body with bone on the same row : SHINDY
10-acrossPoke fun at beloved Parisian ornithologist : TWITCHER
11-acrossLease up, bank gets involved, as can’t be told : UNSPEAKABLE
15-acrossSecond insult is incomplete, but you get the flavour : SAFFRON
17-acrossTouching 22 is the owner of Harry, some say … : ARIZONA
18-across… which contains the £1,000 container that … : GRANDCANYON
22-across… contains a flower with a beetle on it : COLORADO
23-acrossTypically leaning to the right : ITALIC
24-acrossMaster ingesting a toxic gas had the hand of God to help him : MARADONA
25-acrossHot stuff here? Cold stuff covers the West : FROWST

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – See 12 : BRIDGE
2-down – Stop shaving and take up female dress – outside line to Lincoln : GROWABEARD
3-down – Argentinian girl has a row with Araucaria : GALTIERI
4-down – It’s hell, chaps, do you hear? Pretend you’re someone else : DISGUISE
5-down – Long stop Craig coming in suffers at heart : FAILSAFE
7-down – Like this little house in London? : SOHO
8-down – Angry that love is upset : SORE
12-down – Forth’s second, once first, with stock round in card-game : KINCARDINE
13-down – Serious injury to love-child – love would shortly come into it : BODYBLOW
14-down – Panelling for cart that attracts tax : WAINSCOT
16-down – Old-fashioned in fashion in fashion business? : RAGTRADE
19-down – Covering for a wheel covering, so to speak : ATTIRE
20-down – No relation to shellfish: it’s a trick : SCAM
21-down – Distinctly not parts of Blue Peter? : BLUR

This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.

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