The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25355 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25355 clues and answers were published on Wed 22 Jun 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25355 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFish on wet ground to be thrown back, schmuck! : DUMBASS
5-acrossZero food required, provided plugs hole : ORIFICE
10-acrossSo tail of halibut meets tailless fish : THUS
11-acrossHurry off to hide piano behind back — it’s rubbish! : SCRAPMETAL
12-acrossFish from Algiers decapitated, then cooked : GRILSE
13-acrossFish register into only vacant school of thought : IDEOLOGY
14-acrossIs envious of request, that of a Dickensian? : BEGRUDGES
16-acrossAn expression of joy, perhaps, which can be positive : ANODE
17-acrossSmall fishes’ home smelt : STANK
19-acrossSee 3 : DOLIVEIRA
23-acrossTrout was his — insert fish? : SCHUBERT
24-acrossSome borders having identical plant : SESAME
26-acrossCheese with parent’s fish — sole : MASCARPONE
27-acrossIn syrup I keep fish : PIKE
28-acrossFish ate weed : HADDOCK
29-acrossDevoted, presenting a complete token of love : ADORING

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Throw shoe and run off : UNHORSE
3-down – Cups carrying a fish, shade of green, one for old cricketer : BASIL
4-down – After conclusions from barristers, you use delay : SUSPEND
6-down – Blade good, cutting rump up : RAPIER
7-downWorking independently, suggests slippery poisson? : FREELANCE
8-down – See 25 : CHARGED
9-down – Speed management system cut corners, given oil spillage : CRUISECONTROL
15-down – Lightweight in split, rejected : RENOUNCED
18-down – Change of heart in opera, grasping at musical work : TOCCATA
20-down – Net said to be fishy, however : INSTEAD
21-down – Paul Kruger’s first to enter requirement for a garden pot : RAMEKIN
22-down – About to go wrong, cleaner lifted iron : FERRIC
25-down – Fish among gar used in a stew with powerful associations : SUPER

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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