The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25738 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25738 clues and answers were published on Tue 11 Sep 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25738 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPhone home? : MOBILE
4-acrossRestraining orders protecting unruly set from health hazard : ASBESTOS
9-acrossOversized pair of soldiers : GIANT
10-acrossStop short before plant gets split up, disastrously : BALKANISE
11-acrossSociable supplement comprehending our genus : BONHOMOUS
12-across26’s last of fruit drink : TWINE
13-acrossHead of Treasury meeting worker in Russian Mint — one fomenting unrest? : TROUBLEMAKER
17-acrossType of Tory member : IMPREGNATION
20-acrossLatterday Mesopotamian infidel reviled a quiet Israelite for starters : IRAQI
21-acrossResolve to scatter straw around — and fur : DETERMINE
23-acrossBoar’s head simmered, stewed and cut up : DISMEMBER
24-acrossUnperceptive and overweight in Germany : BLIND
25-acrossSenior politician’s first to interrupt labourer : MINISTER
26-acrossUndercover operation securing heart of numerical sequence : STRING

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Maybe get false memory? : MEGABYTE
2-down – Egghead’s colour range largely replacing centre of Bronx : BRAINBOX
3-down – Races into smallest room for game of chance : LOTTO
5-down – Novelist’s hilarity at Shakespeare’s suicide : SELFSLAUGHTER
6-down – Raised weapon constraining song’s eruption : EXANTHEMA
7-down – Matters of no consequence right up one Roman street : TRIVIA
8-down – Female monarch given the Spanish monetary unit : SHEKEL
10-down – A god read about in scripture is sure to rot : BIODEGRADABLE
14-down – Trees hugged by tramps display irregular quality : BUMPINESS
15-down – Hot sauce summoning up one tear, twice : PIRIPIRI
16-down – Cook insufficiently good: not a likely winner : UNDERDOG
18-down – Dim sow upset by what she lacks? : WISDOM
19-down – Boy pinching a tract from strongman : SAMSON
22-down – Disprove vegetable growth’s reversal : REBUT

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

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