The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22228 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22228 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22228 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossClassic exemplar of stable government : CALIGULASHORSE
9-acrossElusive counter-revolutionary growth : PIMPERNEL
10-acrossFree to live without a partner? : BRIDE
11-acrossPerhaps hash with time may come to flower : TWEED
12-acrossCapital transaction it means a lot : GREATDEAL
13-acrossHardly a hot gospeller? : LUKEWARM
14-acrossBrought up on Housman’s hill : BREDON
17-acrossLike a cat starting to leap in agitation : FLURRY
19-acrossClimber of the Caroline Restoration : LONICERA
22-acrossStretches for poor Noel and rich Bill : ELONGATES
24-acrossJournalist takes cover before becoming unpopular : HATED
25-acrossKing Charles’s peculiar governing power : CROWN
26-acrossAtmosphere of extravagant design about an eating place : TRATTORIA
27-acrossOnce gay characters reform, there’s reasonable treatment for women : GYNAECOLOGICAL

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Police affect an outbreak of serious crime : CAPITALOFFENCE
2-down – Beat gong in aphetic still : LIMBECK
3-down – Owen’s £1,000 loan to debtor? : GLENDOWER
4-down – Daughter of an earth mother? : LANDGIRL
5-down – You could be lovers : SOLVER
6-down – A gold piece, of course : ORBIT
7-down – Pay – mine’s about to finish : STIPEND
8-down – Find all cleaned out – the fruit of war, it’s said : DECLINEANDFALL
15-down – The cigars rolled for a German’s diet : REICHSTAG
16-down – End of beef? : COWSTAIL
18-down – Medical study of sound currency? : UROLOGY
20-down – Hospital department to which boy is taken for typhoid : ENTERIC
21-down – It acts badly, lacking motivation : STATIC
23-down – Force a single over in Italy : GENOA

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

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