The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25360 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25360 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Jun 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25360 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPrison walls aren’t of the same dimensions : BUILTTO
5-acrossMarking on baize, plenty of casual designs : DOODLES
9-acrossSee 1 : SCALE
10-acrossHear the hotel ghost — one checking out? : INSPECTOR
11-acrossConflict right — let me explain: wife interfering with estate, possibly? : CRIMEANWAR
12-acrossSee 27 : BALL
14-acrossBlack bovine with vertigo, say — what’s so exciting? : APHRODISIAC
18-acrossFunction at night filling nappy, jam apart, yukky! : PYJAMAPARTY
21-acrossIsland one’s promoting to a higher power, might you say? : CUBA
22-acrossBruises too appalling, as unruly : BOISTEROUS
25-acrossFemale muse suspicious about artist in class-conscious system : FEUDALISM
26-acrossOnce screened this brave clip of Luton Town : TONTO
27-acrossSix-footer attending dance, hard bouncer : CRICKET
28-acrossExpert paintings here in compound : ACETATE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Not sweet to cut segment — divide in two : BISECT
2-down – Type listed, one I smothered in powder : ITALIC
3-down – Soviet forces: they’re mad, revolutionary, about Russian leader : THEREDARMY
4-down – Orbiting around Jupiter, perhaps, new vegetable : ONION
5-down – Volts run through Saudi for wrongfully showing hostility : DISFAVOUR
6-down – See 24 : OVER
7-down – Romeo’s fate that’s boundless where Christ stands tall : LOTHARIO
8-down – Religious vestment certain to maintain line in image : SURPLICE
13-down – Heart of the metropolis, is it? : CITYCENTRE
15-down – One’s clients are unaware this particular leader Tony can’t be trusted : HYPNOTIST
16-down – Small ocean, second to change, to be precise : SPECIFIC
17-down – African country having boom, blossoming in endless decline : DJIBOUTI
19-down – Bit of a looker — worse puns are so pronounced : CORNEA
20-down – A mule, say, carrying king on the beach : ASHORE
23-down – Kingsley’s written up about book, The Lion King : SIMBA
24-down – Hesitate claiming Lennox’s first boxing victory as an easy win : WALK

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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