The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22570 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22570 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Jul 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22570 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossUniversity in America with large stock : USUAL
10-acrossEditor getting in a mess translating Polish : IANHISLOP
11-acrossFighter pilot with influence : FLYWEIGHT
12-acrossArbitrary assertion, for example, about old style : SAYSO
13-acrossClever Dick in Heart of Darkness, getting over first barrier : KNOWALL
15-acrossBreak in sacred mount : HOLIDAY
17-acrossSettle for salary increase? : PAYUP
18-acrossA sheep’s memory : RAM
20-acrossFare needed to go aboard : GETON
22-acrossGet to hear a group of singers : ACQUIRE
25-acrossPoles go round thumping loonies : NUTTERS
26-acrossCapability of Chesterton’s father? : BROWN
27-acrossNarrow escape from visit to cathedral precinct : CLOSECALL
30-acrossBirds trained in Old Street : DOTTERELS
31-acrossStout worker fairly gutted : BEEFY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Bird making rude noise : RUFF
2-down – Transport group brought about journey’s end for nosy parker : BUSYBODY
3-down – Melancholy sportsman : BLUE
4-down – Odd, as sheep may be, but not goats : SINGULAR
5-down – Snippet is small? Of course! : SNATCH
6-down – Characters in stir arranged escape about crack of dawn : FIRSTLIGHT
7-down – You fool around, being satiated : CLOYED
8-down – Work with petty officer and mate : OPPO
13-down – Ford Prefect’s first yearly letter : KAPPA
14-down – I can stew fruit without kitchen equipment : APPLIANCES
16-down – Animals entertaining North Americans : YANKS
19-down – Second name applied to bird or mammal : MONGOOSE
21-down – Agree to get involved with ten, or one less than twenty : TEENAGER
23-down – Oxford first in even game : QUOITS
24-down – Alien film star – one using acid : ETCHER
26-down – Ordered off before end of game : BADE
28-down – Heidelberg’s river : ELBE
29-down – Drama doesn’t start with songs : LAYS

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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