The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25338 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25338 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Jun 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25338 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossA flower came up : AROSE
10-acrossUnstable rate set by comparatively stable official : TREASURER
11-acrossOut on a limb in Linnaean terms, maybe : BINOMINAL
12-acrossWinner wasted expensive drinks on woman : AGNES
13-acrossUnflagging vigour provides way to get a bird : STAMINA
15-acrossTie knot round flimsy curtains drawn back in theatreland : WESTEND
17-acrossCancel periodical, having cut out one of its articles : ANNUL
18-acrossHomeric ejaculation evinced by carrier’s return : DOH
20-acrossWhat to do at the Oscars — read e-book backwards? : EMOTE
22-acrossChief among detectives turned desperate : DRASTIC
25-acrossOfficiant dropped one in church : MINSTER
26-acrossLike judge’s robes to be disorderly : SOBER
27-acrossAdmit interrupting you once with directions to second home : TOWNHOUSE
30-acrossNappies in which to climb hills? : FIRSTGEAR
31-acrossCollege getting family groups eviscerated : KINGS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Give birth to male in experimental site : LAMB
2-down – Public artwork formerly obliged to include headless horse : FOUNTAIN
3-down – Hunt up or pour down : TEEM
4-down – Celebrity scoring +500 is par for the course : STANDARD
5-down – Cut about an arm’s length and gain in tolerance : MELLOW
6-down – Fiddler getting actress in a whirl : ISAACSTERN
7-down – Eg Fortinbras’s charge — protecting Norway? : PRINCE
8-down – Monk’s head falling two places in planet’s insignia : ARMS
13-down – Pulls up the grass : SWARD
14-down – It’s my intention to recite without script : ILLITERATE
16-down – Tiresome introduction to drunken bum : DREAR
19-down – Catcall in store on the way back : HOMEWARD
21-down – Yields to Julian Clary and Lily Savage, perhaps? : OUTTURNS
23-down – Man given warning about boys : ALBERT
24-down – Saw, say, ship : CUTTER
26-down – Item of furniture as yet unfinished : SOFA
28-down – Agitate headless fish : HAKE
29-down – Promiscuous and, without question, a bit sick : EASY

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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