The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25756 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25756 clues and answers were published on Tue 02 Oct 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25756 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossStrip club number : BATTEN
4-acrossUproar as facilities limited by regressive cut : PALAVER
9-acrossReprobate Wooster briefly in bosom of family : LIBERTINE
10-acrossStuffed with chopped dates : SATED
11-acrossFront half of cat only — it has no bottom : ABYSS
12-acrossIt may cause rash woman to pursue tipple : POISONIVY
13-acrossAce place to find fish fingers? : DABHAND
15-acrossHe’d bib ale not primarily fit for consumption : EDIBLE
17-acrossDutch beauty queen? : MISSUS
19-acrossA bit tight-lipped about being responsible following overdraft : MODICUM
22-acrossNo atropine used during surgery : OPERATION
24-acrossPrize setter, to many a sex god : CUPID
26-acrossItalian cathedrals arouse odium : DUOMI
27-acrossIndustrial and kind of foul : TECHNICAL
28-acrossDull, hard, faceless men make female grouse : GREYHEN
29-acrossPlayboy stereotypically gobbling reputed aphrodisiac : OYSTER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Poet’s written about Flanders, heading off for post at sea : BOLLARD
2-down – Bulging belly with blocked tubes, it’s said : TUBBY
3-down – Early Europeans cast runes, when uncertain : ETRUSCANS
4-down – Byzantine Empire’s assumption : PREMISE
5-down – Catch girl brooding? : LASSO
6-down – Hate-filled violent riot during civil disorder : VITRIOLIC
7-down – Rudd’s overnight flight? : REDEYE
8-down – Hairy man’s sanctimonious daughter : HISPID
14-down – Future wife belatedly beginning crash diet to fit into dress : BRIDETOBE
16-down – Around Christmas nurse’s chaotic party ends in unseemly behaviour : INDECENCY
18-down – Beaten, Romney enters Senate : SMITTEN
19-down – Risk being regularly engulfed by tear gas : MENACE
20-down – Butter in fruit, reportedly : MEDDLER
21-down – Furious to find rat in fast food : HOTDOG
23-down – Scotsman kicking drug, becoming strict Protestant : AMISH
25-down – Picture books’ decorative border : PICOT

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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