The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25229 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25229 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Jan 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25229 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossGreat flow of letters leaving a warm feeling : AFTERGLOW
9-acrossWatch taking forty winks — that’s smart! : SNAPPY
10-acrossTop brass lost right to go back with unknown pedigree : GENEALOGY
11-acrossFashion item partly based upon choice : PONCHO
12-acrossOil supplier met an explosion that was not malicious : WELLMEANT
13-acrossMinister consumed by dog : CURATE
17-acrossMother turns cross : MAD
19-acrossLittle potato with water at a country seat : CHATEAU
20-acrossFree one soul in agony : UNLOOSE
21-acrossOne came out and went back there to sleep : DEB
23-acrossMan’s little friend, such a one with strings attached : PUPPET
27-acrossPhone-tapping, for example, is page one material : ESPIONAGE
28-acrossLock up alien taken from the web : INTERN
29-acrossFarcical performance that hits credit : SLAPSTICK
30-acrossA 20 for the Beeb : AUNTIE
31-acrossCut in gnarled tree without having to be intrusive : INTERLOPE

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Supplier paid with a sovereign : FEEDER
3-down – Waugh’s name elevated in uniform fashion : EVENLY
4-down – Flighty Scots female student wearing a waistcoat : GILLET
5-down – South Africa paper’s leading material : ORGANZA
6-down – If this were you wouldn’t get it : INSOLUBLE
7-down – A model inspector at cricket, say … : SPECTATOR
8-down – … to watch first in — a startling sight : EYEOPENER
14-down – This type finds it hard to swallow anything not solid : SCEPTICAL
15-down – Summoning for reprimand for taking trouble over Fido? : CARPETING
16-down – Space traveller — about which I do more to unravel : METEOROID
17-down – Calumny in Bermuda? : MUD
18-down – Name and return address in America : DUB
22-down – First letter is open, perhaps letter from abroad : EPSILON
24-down – Herb is far from 6 : SIMPLE
25-down – Last in managed to settle : INSTAL
26-down – Support for those subject to invasion by soldiers : EGGCUP

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

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