The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22408 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22408 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Jan 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22408 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossIndeed a complicated case gets passed over : DECEASED
9-acrossBaptismal name : NORMAN
10-acrossA joint for Tuesday? : WELD
11-acrossDoctor Spock, but he may enable you to get off cheaply : BUCKETSHOP
12-acrossMale ideal raised on the farm : MANGEL
14-acrossIt was a hit when the devil performed : IMPACTED
15-acrossLegal righteousness in one could harm another : DHARMA
17-acrossGrabbing by the church of way-out cult : CLUTCH
20-acrossDavis run in? That’s not fair : BRUNETTE
22-acrossLine taken by turbulent cleric : CIRCLE
23-acrossEarl without honour : YARBOROUGH
24-acrossDover, perhaps, rejecting excess of foreigners : PORT
25-acrossLaurel’s pronounced averse : STANZA
26-acrossIn Yorkshire, Londoners make undue claim : ARROGATE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – He got profit from opposing 9 immigration : HEREWARD
2-down – Bow could be sinister : BEND
3-down – Girl is first 7 : ISABEL
4-down – Top-liner trained to fight crime? : INTERPOL
5-down – His plain language leads to court order : PROSECUTOR
6-down – Al Gore gathered in abundance : GALORE
8-down – Bound up with the church in fraud : DECEIT
13-down – A knot to tie – it was an investment : GRANNYBOND
16-down – Like a mother could lose a point and gain one – it’s seriously relevant : MATERIAL
18-down – Gaiety : HILARITY
19-down – No beauty, but she was ill-used in some degree : MEDUSA
21-down – Rail trip to Venetian quarter : RIALTO
22-down – Stick with present company to begin with : COHERE
24-down – Call for a quiet time : PAGE

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

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