The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25222 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25222 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Jan 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25222 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossUS city’s coastal feature that is to be removed : SANDIEGO
9-acrossHate to stop short, grabbing husband : ABHOR
10-across4, so speeding 7 might be asked to? : PULL
11-acrossNaughty boy flipping taking the biscuit, knocking off princess : SUGGESTIVE
12-acrossCold mountains so? : CHILLY
14-acrossLarva takes my line, backing into weapon : ARMYWORM
15-acrossAnimal by River Thames, swimming : HAMSTER
17-acrossWhy suits should be returned after Paul’s puzzle : MYSTIFY
20-acrossSee 22 : CLARKSON
22-across4’s ill-fitting jeans, mockery left and right : JEREMY
23-acrossEveryone’s drinking water protected by rural establishment — so don’t panic! : FALSEALARM
24-acrossGood to block leaderless Conservative party with many members exposed? : ORGY
25-acrossIodine applied to sailors’ bones : TARSI
26-acrossBrave revolutionary yearning to take Newcastle etc : CHEYENNE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Granny with degree overcoming president with spirit : BABUSHKA
2-down – I solve Paul ultimately to become hero : IDOL
3-down – 4’s island : JERSEY
4-down – 5th show? : TOPGEAR
5-down – 4’s blockage easy to deal with crossing motorway : JAMESMAY
6-down – With rotten apple full of weevils at first, it’s wet and foaming : WHITEWATER
7-down – Motorist’s club : DRIVER
13-down – Suggestion of salt in this without appeal? : LASTRESORT
16-down – Very happy to bring up the Church, still : ECSTATIC
18-down – Universal fighter in imaginative work, Asia’s missing pest controller : FUMIGANT
19-down – Early stages in thought : INFANCY
21-down – Shed sees crawler in Blair : LEANTO
22-down – 4’s flea? : JUMPER
24-down – See 10 : OVER

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

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