The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22934 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 22934 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22934 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-across12 ______ : SLEEPS
4-acrossSee 1 : WITHTHE
9-acrossTrojan ‘ero in retreat returned like Stephen Fry at Dundee : RECTORIAL
10-acrossDowncast not downcast? : UPSET
11-acrossSee 14 : WATER
12-acrossThe 27’s heavy, that’s him in France, trapping 100 rebellious Arabs : LUCABRASI
13-acrossAmerican-Italian exploiter lying about our times : PADRONE
15-acrossWho’s machine? Is dat right? Wrong! : TARDIS
17-acrossIlluminate with reflection from Sat-Nav aspect : SAVANT
19-acrossAuthor-poet singularly 1across 4across 21 : KIPLING
22-acrossTravel in time beyond it and back from Rome : ITINERATE
24-acrossScotsman rejected commercial spirit with water : NAIAD
26-acrossWhere one put up with Lawrence during the short vac : HOTEL
27-acrossFamily film sponsor : GODFATHER
28-acrossCat smooths the way? On the contrary! : STEVENS
29-acrossS-stay behind for such a night with Van Gogh : STARRY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Drink around eight, get tight and flop : SCREWUP
2-down – Power held by eco-model, the centre of Disney’s future : EPCOT
3-down – Trouble with teeth: bad or ropey? Ah! : PYORRHOEA
4-down – Such strikers angry hearing Clause Four activist? : WILDCAT
5-down – Rule of this from a practised hand? : THUMB
6-down – Inaction’s disturbed the maestro : TOSCANINI
7-down – Involve leave with restrictions : ENTAIL
8-down – He’ll tak ye tae the quarry : GILLIE
14-down – Brokenhearted, wet and I can’t be resuscitated : DEADINTHE
16-down – Humble traveller in so much of France : REPENTANT
18-down – Mace a sergeant wielded en passant! : TEARGAS
19-down – Massages the figures with declared deficiencies : KNEADS
20-down – Evans, once keeper of, eg, dry pitches : GODFREY
21-down – See 1 across : FISHES
23-down – Girl of the Spanish fiction : ELLIE
25-down – French king rising to embrace Switzerland’s divine humour : ICHOR

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

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