The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25847 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25847 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Jan 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25847 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossOne comes from among relatively unrefined types : MONGREL
5-acrossFord is hesitating to become emperor : KAISER
9-acrossVirtue of endless hurry in financial centre : CHASTITY
10-acrossHigh Church service provided it’s in central France : MASSIF
12-acrossCommission for distribution of dog food : PERPETRATION
15-acrossA pious type, Winston, fit to move the queen : CHURCHGOER
17-acrossIn name it may be called the King’s Arms : INN
19-acrossLiquid, one not known to be undrinkable : INK
20-acrossThe way stuff comes and goes : TRADEROUTE
22-acrossWith vehicle, possibly, get in a top position : VANTAGEPOINT
26-acrossBackstage chatter, or how Miller unmasked McCarthy? : BYPLAY
27-acrossIncreasingly out and about, as are the rich when partying : HOMELESS
28-acrossBird could be elegant, apart from name : EAGLET
29-acrossDrink needs part of the eye keeping direction : RETSINA

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – 1,001 brushed aside by Cromwell : MACE
2-down – Organised stock : NEAT
3-down – Troop cover after engineers cut expenses : RETRENCH
4-down – Playing lute softly to relieve tension : LETUP
6-down – Fruit, not originally but still … : ANANAS
7-down – Dubious, like the filth? : SUSPICIOUS
8-down – Arbitrator in mad dance borrowed from Peter to pay Paul : REFINANCED
11-down – Listen to variation of New Testament date : ATTEND
13-down – It can be done — somehow I have : ACHIEVABLE
14-down – Bacon’s original source : SUCKINGPIG
16-down – Attic half overturned, brought to order : GARTER
18-down – Stern — apt perhaps to take one side or the other : TRANSEPT
21-down – Cope with a boy when grown up? : MANAGE
23-down – It may be high, but it’s nothing grim : ODOUR
24-down – Smith, a bit short of specialist food provider : DELI
25-down – A good deal of land seen as one article : ASIA

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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