The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25792 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25792 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Nov 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25792 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossFigure fencing honest, when playing just as it should be : ONTHENOSE
10-acrossChoice between bow and stern for Argonaut on a vessel : AORTA
11-acrossBird gets to lick syrup around man’s rear : LAPWING
12-acrossAn amount of money to be discussed, one feels : ANTENNA
13-acrossLoud music’s pitch : ROCK
14-acrossChain I left among red coral at sea : CORDILLERA
16-across17 down 4, so an 8 then? : IFLOOKS
17-acrossSwallow in the breeze : DRAUGHT
19-acrossChance meeting of priest and criminal after murder almost backfired : LIKELIHOOD
22-acrossTerritory better ventilated, by the sound of it : AREA
24-acrossName girl in conversation : MONIKER
25-acrossDistribute the report of a yobbish baker? : DOLEOUT
26-acrossCatcher caught by dance : CREEL
27-acrossOld number eight’s heel on loose footwear : TEAFORTWO

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Bimbo superior to old Scot in rapidly deteriorating US foreign policy : DOLLARDIPLOMACY
2-down – Unusual capital city ultimately abandoned : ATYPICAL
3-down – Primarily demonic and wicked — the master from hell? : DEVIL
4-down – See 17 : GORGEOUS
5-down – Explosive oath coming up, getting under people’s skin : PETARD
6-down – Keeper of a fortress, having tinned beer? : CASTELLAN
7-down – See 23 : ORANGE
8-down – Picture — drawing that’s deadly? : FATALATTRACTION
15-down – See 16 : COULDKILL
17-down – So lovely with an 8? : DROPDEAD
18-down – Swimmer overcoming scoundrel, contracted killer : GARROTTE
20-down – More concerned about the German issue : KINDER
21-down – There could be nothing to this point : HERETO
23-down – Online journal about not entirely smelly English fruit : BLOOD

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

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