The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25462 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25462 clues and answers were published on Tue 25 Oct 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25462 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossEastern promise — it replaces the right to sum up : EPITOMISE
10-acrossGas, one taken from realm of 14 across, the one who was 2 : ARGON
11-acrossCompletely virtuous plus ’aving the wherewithal to make tricks? : GOODAND
12-acrossFlop is its first attraction, if I get a bit of a bottom line : FAILURE
13-acrossRan into debt, concealing bill : RACED
14-acrossMain female character, having lost love, pursues pet name : CATHERINE
16-acrossOne little drink secures record likely to include name for being out of control : INDISCIPLINABLE
19-acrossTaken from a passage, removed from the rest, about Roundhead : EXCERPTED
21-acrossBachelor building portable coffer : BAHUT
22-acrossLooking for former Eastern city outside the East? : PEEKING
23-acrossReport of Hebrew climber who was European queen : JULIANA
24-acrossOld magistrate about the day before : REEVE
25-acrossGilbertian ship with grandmother and mother goddess cut short by student : NANCYBELL

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Where middle C is often ill-greened when cooked : LEDGERLINE
2-down – Split and went down, pierced by killer : DIVORCED
3-down – Vulgar query as to difficulty of 14 across, the one who was 18 : HOWARD
4-down – Ends of 2 ended : DIED
5-down – With name of one’s own choice less deftly planned : SELFSTYLED
6-down – I rely on a young woman from Israel : GALILEAN
7-down – A soldier keeping out a rodent : AGOUTI
8-down – Name for good manners : ANNE
14-down – Note to say thank you for announcement of meal with Bengali port : CHITTAGONG
15-down – Regular sum for all included in the end : EVENTUALLY
17-down – Wasn’t destroyed by disastrous drive versus United States : SURVIVED
18-down – Even if he were possibly dead, I certainly am! : BEHEADED
20-down – Next to astute in the index, home of the 8 who was 2 : CLEVES
21-down – 8, the one that was 18, was good about field : BOLEYN
22-down – Little fish 14 across, the one that 17 : PARR
23-down – The odd one out to seem or be heard to have 4 : JANE

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

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