The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23066 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 23066 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Feb 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23066 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossAll hands to mow the crop : CREWCUT
5-acrossRe-dial correctly, or get off the line : DERAIL
9-acrossReserve takes ball and it’s thrown in : DISTANCE
10-acrossChannel is without water, we hear : STRAIT
12-acrossThe upper classes? : SIXTHFORMERS
15-acrossWhere a dancing partner shouldn’t tread, if alert : ONONESTOES
17-acrossShe’s in peak form in Crete : IDA
19-acrossThe first mate is always cut short : EVE
20-acrossEmergency flight : FIREESCAPE
22-acrossSupporters groan – it stops play : PROTAGONISTS
26-acrossIt can’t be made whole : INTACT
27-acrossCharming Arab about to swindle the French? : ADORABLE
28-acrossA hewer of wood and a drawer of water : TURNER
29-acrossExtra helpings may be minute portions : SECONDS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Hand over the church keys : CEDE
2-down – Set a new course, perhaps : EAST
3-down – Single reed blown in the wind : CLARINET
4-down – Tom came up with it, it’s understood : TACIT
6-down – I enter amended total : ENTIRE
7-down – Bill gets a medical qualification from college : ACADEMICAL
8-down – Not a working-class consumer : LOTUSEATER
11-down – Spent two notes at the fair : EFFETE
13-down – Survey to indicate one’s position in the field : COVERPOINT
14-down – Composer has loads of energy, we hear : COLEPORTER
16-down – He hopes to get suitable clients : TAILOR
18-down – Boy on toes, perhaps, sees secret : ESOTERIC
21-down – Left in France – could be awkward : GAUCHE
23-down – Try to get out of business that moves between Asian banks : INDUS
24-down – Old bar in Scotland : OBAN
25-down – Olympian turned up where East and West meet : ZEUS

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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