The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25850 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 25850 clues and answers were published on Mon 21 Jan 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25850 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossTrees making longbows : LARCHES
5-acrossCup of tea left to go cold : CHALICE
10-acrossCutting reminder? : SCAR
11-acrossThe services may prove decisive in this struggle : TIEBREAKER
12-acrossResentment one can bear : GRUDGE
13-acrossCatalogue to the French pictures : TABLEAUX
14-acrossOne helping satanists out : ASSISTANT
16-acrossIncrease in shouts of disapproval at end of act : BOOST
17-acrossA number well-suited to fashion : ADAPT
19-acrossNotice job is to be relocated — protest! : OBJECTION
23-acrossState of California, if left in chaos : CAROLINA
24-acrossA motto rewritten for the vegetarian : TOMATO
26-acrossA travelling case? : OUTPATIENT
27-acrossBecome wedged, we hear, in the doorway : JAMB
28-acrossThe smoke after battle? : CALUMET
29-acrossTrial makes sense : HEARING

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Gives a hundred lines? : ACCORDS
3-down – An apple may be firm and brightly coloured : CORED
4-down – Appeal in French to doctor : ENTREAT
6-down – By means of joining present and past : HEREBY
7-down – Doesn’t include signs of spring : LEAVESOUT
8-down – High-spirited children? : CHERUBS
9-down – Double indemnity to secure cover for members : BELTANDBRACES
15-down – I’m bang on time with socially acceptable ad-lib : IMPROMPTU
18-down – Stoker’s batman : DRACULA
20-down – Give claim to name : ENTITLE
21-down – Old Empire sofa : OTTOMAN
22-down – Very much the opposite : LITTLE
25-down – Key man in the army : MAJOR

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

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