The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22733 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22733 clues and answers were published on Tue 21 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22733 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossMaking love on the royal yacht? : COURTSHIP
6-acrossIdentification mark of one from a set that’s incomplete : BADGE
9-acrossObject of veneration encountered Old Testament rejection : TOTEM
10-acrossIn Kent it’s made no difference… : MAIDSTONE
11-across… to new sport reporter on the south coast : PORTSMOUTH
12-acrossA little cash is in the post, we’re told : CENT
14-acrossSilk net made into mastic : LENTISK
15-acrossGirl receives letter in Greek from spiny creature : ECHIDNA
17-acrossImpish enjoyment soldier’s taken in scene of massacre : GLENCOE
19-acrossFigure a month with endless pain : DECAGON
20-acrossRifle fire : SACK
22-acrossFree trade – comic sort of rule : DEMOCRATIC
25-acrossPharaoh’s approving expression on passionate record : AMENHOTEP
26-acrossDoughboy rejected bathroom in northern accommodation : IGLOO
27-acrossDined in college, it’s said : EATEN
28-acrossLines in church choir work curtailed by a bloomer : CHRYSANTH

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – TUC deeply afflicted : CUTUP
2-down – True English can’t form speech : UTTERANCE
3-down – Newspaper medium may turn on the heat : TIMESWITCH
4-down – Border security can be deadly : HEMLOCK
5-down – Love potion said to enhance purity : PHILTRE
6-down – Jungle man could be subhuman – not half! : BUSH
7-down – Roger exhausted without being an idler : DRONE
8-down – What a gricer does to get it? : EYESTRAIN
13-down – What maintenance staff should do at points, etc : CHECKRAILS
14-down – Support is overdue for what diets do : LEGISLATE
16-down – Approve of European cutting out a drug : DIGITALIN
18-down – Tie lace loosened by Zeno, for example : ELEATIC
19-down – Pretentious type loses name, then he falls : DROPPER
21-down – Many deserted following schism : CLEFT
23-down – Dedicated type much seen in church : CLOTH
24-down – Military order to avoid? : SHUN

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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