The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25725 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25725 clues and answers were published on Mon 27 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25725 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossThe spirit of double-entry bookkeeping? : RECORDING
10-acrossPart of book on 17 university official hasn’t finished : RECTO
11-acrossCrime committed against property — minister init­ially powerless : ARSON
12-acrossLeast orderly student I repeatedly reorganised : UNTIDIEST
13-acrossIngenue moving in is 17 : GENUINE
14-acrossCricket match with nobody out? That’s extremely hard to believe : TALLEST
17-acrossExamples of 19 down, 22 across, also 8 : RIGHT
19-acrossSee 17 : AND
20-acrossSee 17 : WRONG
21-acrossFoot and mouth, ultimately, or different problem for cattle : HOOFROT
22-acrossReferee’s first in Centre Court to check faults : CORRECT
24-acrossHolder needs to study with coach, missing first run : CONTAINER
26-acrossSee 9 : ANGEL
28-acrossMoral failure repeatedly reported in parts of race, some Europeans : LAPSE
29-acrossHaving drunk bevies, ham — ie act badly : MISBEHAVE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Killer in major case : ORCA
2-down – Behaves in accordance with follower of gospels occupying stage : ACTSON
3-down – Broadcast artists on radio, initially, of an old-fashioned type : TRANSISTOR
4-down – Reflect about one’s application that’s 20 : MISUSE
5-down – Upset a belligerent American, art patron and Democrat : AGITATED
6-down – Nail 20 about 17 : BRAD
7-down – To go along with CEO, acted corruptly : ACCEDETO
8-down – Legal term used in court or tribunal : TORT
13-down – 17 revised as measurement of thickness : GIRTH
15-down – One responsible for crime wave left a wife, to begin with : LAWBREAKER
16-down – Close one good hospital, time after time : TIGHT
18-down – Older people revised 20, you heard, with added message : GROWNUPS
19-down – 5 and 24 down, for example, in general writing : ANTONYMS
22-down – Police framing ringleader with drug, as evidence of major crime : CORPSE
23-down – German recollected something in memory : ENGRAM
24-down – Learner put in academic stream unruffled : CALM
25-down – Primate with cross in position of eminence : APEX
27-down – Try to deceive with new 17 for creditor : LIEN

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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