The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25729 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25729 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25729 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossNumber of games to support check : SETBACK
5-acrossLive telecommunicators about to put on what they’ll never get back : BADDEBT
10-acrossTrade mark mathematically undefined : LOGO
11-acrossRoughly concerned with role played in my lawn? : MOREORLESS
12-acrossWhat Susan had, a bright one of 9? : SHINER
13-acrossHaving gentle exterior, I don’t allow I might follow 4 : MILIBAND
14-across : PLACENAME
16-acrossBook to study after most of 21? : BLAIR
17-acrossBriefly that extra distance that brings evidence of happiness : SMILE
19-acrossA solver’s pursuing an inclination to dislike : ANTIPATHY
23-acrossSaint’s part of design to be convenient for article from the East : IGNATIUS
24-acrossFar off meteor : REMOTE
26-acrossWhere it all happens to cure stammering not with cheese : ONTHESCENE
27-acrossScots sweethearts surrounding wrong half of Greenham right after most of 21 : JOHN
28-acrossPrimitive punishment for doing what drugs do? : STONING
29-acrossSign on line with volumes : LIBRARY

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Periodic table ends up with a lot of ducks in it : EPOCHAL
3-down – Sort of study to follow 16 : BROWN
4-down – Tory with some US input after 3 : CAMERON
6-down – God’s ahead when it comes to love : APOLLO
7-down – Caesar’s messenger to Cleopatra heard to favour US currency? : DOLABELLA
8-down – Dog when kept by Disraeli, say, familiarly? : BASENJI
9-down – Disraeli etc gives page setter in Italian city troubled rest : PRIMEMINISTER
15-down – Visit African country — the last first before most of 21 : CALLAGHAN
18-down – Eastern astronomers not on line : MAGINOT
20-down – Middle Eastern 9 losing head : ISRAELI
21-down – Egg developer of 9 losing head : HATCHER
22-down – Slow in working out predecessor of 15 : WILSON
25-down – See 27 : MAJOR

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

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