The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25140 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25140 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Oct 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25140 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossTorpedo we had provided for Spitfire : FISHWIFE
5-acrossLeave behind society, adopting new casual look : SQUINT
9-acrossA potty poet’s morality tale : APOLOGUE
10-acrossWriter stands outside street cafe : BISTRO
12-acrossOne early bit of jewellery in Belgium or in France : BIJOU
13-acrossPut back dry run in works plane : TURBOPROP
14-acrossAncient Latvian nude gyrating? I’m impressed : ANTEDILUVIAN
18-acrossH. Grant tries crudely to grab Roberts’s rear — and deep-felt love : HEARTSTRINGS
21-acrossIt’s about the dreadful hole in recession in Italian produce : SPAGHETTI
23-acrossHard Rock Cafe even has good atmosphere : AGATE
24-acrossIt’s idiotic to swallow square crackers : INSANE
25-acrossBumbling double agent stupidly ate out in club : BLUDGEON
26-acrossDaughter’s in Hebridean isle briefly revealing all : NUDIST
27-acrossSchool doctor stops money designed to reveal symptoms : SYNDROME

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Fine Melba toast burnt : FLAMBE
2-down – Cracked jokes about parking in Balkan capital : SKOPJE
3-down – Work in which I hunt down criminal : WHODUNNIT
4-down – Press for taking posh articles to gallery : FOURTHESTATE
6-down – Strip metal oxide silicon initially off deadly transmitter in capital : QUITO
7-down – Current expression in Northern Ireland: Vote to amalgamate : INTERMIX
8-down – Genuine ricochet heard on parade? : TROOPING
11-down – Rail facility dismantled using mechanical means : ARTIFICIALLY
15-down – Vulnerable nervous undergraduates shed hysterical tears : UNGUARDED
16-down – Rada graduate loathes piano frames : THESPIAN
17-down – Numskull dashed about in a tizzy : HARASSED
19-down – Look! First signs of bee orchid in belvedere : GAZEBO
20-down – Notice a knock regularly interrupting this? : SEANCE
22-down – Labourers standing in middle of fuchsias : HANDS

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

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