The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25247 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25247 clues and answers were published on Wed 16 Feb 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25247 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossDrink problem reversed, one training for the police : MUSCADET
9-acrossNew order in yet? Ten of these : NINETY
10-acrossHead of Operations in the Mossad going walkabout with 24 across : THOMAS
12-acrossShe’s breaking rule with dodgy plan : PRUNELLA
13-acrossI say nothing I see : OOH
14-acrossWorn out — almost shattered — by the local community : OUROWN
16-acrossSee 28 : EINSTEIN
17-acrossHarsh half of 15 confused with Ulster Unionist : RAUCOUS
20-acrossSums involving grand, or halves thereof : MONKEYS
23-acrossQE1 struggling along, negotiating water-filled valley : GLORIANA
24-acrossForemost of intellects in class : GENIUS
26-acrossGreenback from Mars? : WAR
27-acrossAn imposing character — one of Kafka’s — producing type of missile : ANTITANK
28-acrossBlare out 2 x : ALBERT
31-acrossPervade conundrum : RIDDLE
32-acrossA horse tender? Strangely not! : NEATHERD

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – A lot to eat, but no stomach for it : MUCH
2-down – Swindle detected in Cameron’s campaign : SCAM
3-down – See 10 : EDISON
4-down – Author bearing fruit as 24 across : STEPHEN
5-down – Funny nun done one : INNUENDO
6-down – Still available to accommodate the German, as promised : UNDERTAKEN
7-down – Lusty swings describing attack over dull mind : STULTIFY
11-downAlternative resistance from the Guardian columnist : ORR
14-down – Blade slicing head off pig : OAR
15-down – 24 across Mark Twain’s odd characters ignored line in composition : OSCARWILDE
18-down – Objectors adopting URL, say, of Fantasy Island : ATLANTIS
19-down – Using mobile you arrest an unruly adolescent with no subsidence : UNABATED
21-down – Possible message from holed ship? : SOS
22-down – See 4 : HAWKING
24-down – Eureka! Cracked sources of Great Reverend Master! : GRAHAM
25-down – Diamonds, that is, capturing clubs : ICE
29-down – Danish physicist locating pong on time : BOHR
30-down – Bloody right — time to get up! : RARE

This crossword has in total 34 where 16 are across and 18 are down.

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