The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22245 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22245 clues and answers were published on Tue 26 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22245 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossView of father and mother a girl accepted : PANORAMA
5-acrossGossip’s story about heartless tart : TATTLE
9-acrossRelief worker and former model : TEMPLATE
10-acrossIn front of the foreign drinks plant : TEASEL
11-acrossLeave off before man gets promoted : ELEVATED
12-acrossOn board, having very French accent : STRESS
14-acrossColour soldiers required during map exercise : CHARTREUSE
18-acrossDaisy to get married; discuss ceremony : MARGUERITE
22-acrossFancy nothing the sailors consumed : ORNATE
23-acrossTen creep out of show : PRETENCE
24-acrossAssembly rejected pointless rumours : NOISES
25-acrossFancy sage, too? : LIKEWISE
26-acrossLong way back to get spectacles : SIGHTS
27-acrossSaid to surpass essence from a plant : BEETROOT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Golf club with parking, say : PUTTER
2-down – Song having less feeling? : NUMBER
3-down – Charge again to see large duck in show : RELOAD
4-down – Concern over warning device which people climb on : MATTERHORN
6-down – Opening for a salesman turned up, true to form : APERTURE
7-down – Try fellow university student, as refined : TASTEFUL
8-down – Listened when eccentric signed on : ENLISTED
13-down – Associate priest sat with Irene at sea : FRATERNISE
15-down – Confiscates £1 million : IMPOUNDS
16-down – Transporting black band home before midnight : BRINGING
17-down – Result of dividing likely cost with one into good books : QUOTIENT
19-down – Let it stand about in some way : STREET
20-down – Fashionable, like job centre colour : INDIGO
21-down – Joiner employed in the building industry : CEMENT

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

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