The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26016 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26016 clues and answers were published on Fri 02 Aug 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26016 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFlurry of penetrating rain washed away camping equipment : TENTPEG
5-acrossSeedy artist bores Sarah : SEMINAL
9-acrossTokyo lunchbox contains cup of tea and doughnut : BENTO
10-acrossTrees transform urban slum : LABURNUMS
11-acrossHot pants, more or less clean : THOROUGHLY
12-acrossStar student lost tongue : IDO
14-acrossIt’s central to eminent art of brewing : FERMENTATION
18-acrossIt may surprise youngster to give up the set : JACKINTHEBOX
21-acrossEveryone ignored immature bully : COW
22-acrossSee long film about end of rebellious Roundhead : EPISCOPATE
25-acrossWon’t he do less consuming, receiving benefit? : ONTHEDOLE
26-acrossEnglish film star gets rid of wrinkles : IRONS
27-acrossSour, loveless and redundant : SURPLUS
28-acrossChild seat designed the way you like it : TOTASTE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Finally, just before death, notices so much : TOBITS
2-down – National banks eschew London male who’s not legally resident : NONDOM
3-down – Pretty as a picture : PHOTOGENIC
4-down – Silence elite liberal in labour camp : GULAG
5-down – Hissing bird upset pike : SIBILANCE
6-down – Think highly of Bill down in Slough : MIRE
7-down – Inure invalid to spasm of nervous pain : NEURITIC
8-down – Catching girl going topless : LASSOING
13-down – She classifies toxin atoms idiosyncratically : TAXONOMIST
15-down – Tom Sharpe employed them : METAPHORS
16-down – They dispossess voters after judge replaces lawful leader : EJECTORS
17-down – We hear Arachne pledged to drink : ICEWATER
19-down – Prohibits cheers and jeers : TABOOS
20-down – On vacation, notice species that is a rare sighting : NESSIE
23-down – Read out letters from son on speed : SPELT
24-down – Reportedly flog in cubicle : CELL

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

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