The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26045 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26045 clues and answers were published on Thu 05 Sep 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26045 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


4-acrossBound once more to precede senior clergywoman : BISHOP
6-acrossTurning tail, Stan discovers lost city : ATLANTIS
9-acrossFloat around nothing in vacuum : HOOVER
10-acrossPut on : AFFECTED
11-acrossCent in change causes dispute : ALTERCATION
15-acrossStick in broken fragment, having lost first bit of mosaic : ENGRAFT
17-acrossTake weight off king, priest and first lady : RELIEVE
18-acrossHence no wonderful hankering for far from wonderful person : SONOFABITCH
22-acrossHold back when others pour : RESTRAIN
23-acrossInterrupted by apex of triangle — spherical, or getting on that way? : ROTUND
24-acrossMarketing method making unhaloed heads roll : HARDSELL
25-acrossEmpty cesspit into such a tank? : SEPTIC

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Act getting equipment to turn corner : DOGEAR
2-down – Emits gas skyward, securing incomplete image of sports icon : STEFFIGRAF
3-down – Like Dad’s mate embracing a bird : PATERNAL
4-down – Slightly sweaty man put back inside and executed : BEHEADED
5-down – Want inshore label? : SHORTAGE
7-down – Thank you — thank you and goodbye! : TATA
8-down – Fusses about with soft drink : SODA
12-down – Block keeping drunken sot on US city’s side : ASTONVILLA
13-down – Do away with troubled rest in pipe : DESTRUCT
14-down – Following rules, doctor’s kept boiling hot : METHODIC
16-down – Recondite, strong, offensive language put about : ABSTRUSE
19-down – Intermediary’s more skint? : BROKER
20-down – Super-10 : ARCH
21-down – Junky delivering final bits of The Walrus and the Carpenter : USER

This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.

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