The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25576 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25576 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Mar 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25576 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossMaterial I’ll recite in hollow performance : PAISLEY
5-acrossBig chef: Crumble regularly found in freezer : ICECUBE
10-acrossFinished 1 down before? : DONE
11-acrossPutting fear in these endlessly leads to extreme depression : THEHORRORS
12-acrossLose my sail at sea : MISLAY
13-acrossJudgement of TV presenter, one heartless Cowell : DECISION
14-acrossSubject bruised ego to plot the end of vanity : GEOGRAPHY
16-acrossPlanet’s hot and wet area : MARSH
17-acrossTry to avoid flippin’ strike lines! : PARRY
19-acrossCity to be right by water : LIVERPOOL
23-acrossEbony man draws in loose belt : JETBLACK
24-acrossBad atmosphere pervades Mamma Mia’s mansion : MIASMA
26-acrossThis solar eruption over my head leads to violent weather : HAILSTORMS
27-across16 plant’s shoot : RUSH
28-acrossMeat cooked in ovens : VENISON
29-acrossFormer leader Dalglish saves the Reds’ soul : KENNEDY

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Suffer for ages in torment without oxygen : AGONISE
3-down – Allow leading serf to rise up over English or Scottish baron : STEEL
4-down – The YMCA treated skin disease : ECTHYMA
6-down – Position beginning to cramp side and that hurts! : CROUCH
7-down – Programme with poor graphics and no animated CGI? What a con! : CARDSHARP
8-down – Digs holes : BURROWS
9-down – Psychiatrists? They’re all savages : HEADSHRINKERS
15-down – Cooper cried out loud over one biscuit : GARIBALDI
18-down – In time Lynn becomes mean : AVERAGE
20-down – As a group foolish men fool with ecstasy : ENMASSE
21-down – Mixing some sodium half caused diffusion : OSMOSED
22-down – Drumbeat that’s not hard to love : TATTOO
25-down – Father’s upset and right on the edge : APRON

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

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