The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25699 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25699 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Jul 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25699 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCast a stone in Devon : SEATON
4-acrossThose with a twitch as a leitmotif? : THEMATIC
9-acrossGood scope for a crafty move? : GAMBIT
10-acrossImpractical person who rigged sail in rough tide? : IDEALIST
11-acrossCollision course? : CRASHPROGRAMME
13-acrossFor each family mem­ber to be entirely unknown as an individual : PERSONALLY
14-acrossPagan god carried by carthorse? : THOR
16-acrossSin for which diplomat has nothing to lose : ENVY
18-acrossMint for a girl and two boys : PENNYROYAL
21-acrossIs it caused by a thing that goes bump? : DISTURBEDNIGHT
23-acrossOther than a lion — perhaps something less concrete : NOTIONAL
24-acrossFermented grapes and rolled tobacco : GASPER
25-acrossWho classically breaks a horse but a noble French lady? : MARQUISE
26-acrossFay produces old and new works : WELDON

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Pudding might do as a starter, we’re told : SAGO
2-down – Lover madly married … : ADMIRER
3-down – … failing in duty beyond love : OMISSION
5-down – Extremely heavy fall over inland Spain that skimmed water : HYDROPLANED
6-down – Many a bore is barren : MEAGRE
7-down – One in ruff, hard to overcome : TRIUMPH
8-down – Church performance to lead chart : CATHEDRAL
12-down – Help to worship un­likely to be spread by ear : PRAYERBEADS
13-down – Afterthought proper to turn up on my return, having assumed title : PSEUDONYM
15-down – Reading a publication from the gutter? : DRAINAGE
17-down – Take a chair after six or one may not stay : VISITOR
19-down – Unknown party leader fell in like a fork in the road : YSHAPED
20-down – Union leader gets kudos for solving a puzzle : SUDOKU
22-down – Lawrence lost a shoestring and got the bird : WREN

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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