The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26061 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26061 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Sep 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26061 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossStress in the tube? : UNDERLINE
6-acrossShe combines with it to be poetic : COPE
8-acrossScotch perhaps about a time to bully : MALTREAT
9-acrossRecorder backing work for asylum seeker? : EMIGRE
10-acrossOne that makes master feel inadequate? : FEMALE
11-acrossBoy tries out record : REGISTER
12-acrossChuffed by story about party leader : ELATED
15-acrossRevolting classic character can love America : MUTINOUS
16-acrossSpice for 15 Roman character early in the week : CINNAMON
19-acrossSlight arch on East Sussex shore? : CAMBER
21-acrossHis name gained New World prominence : VESPUCCI
22-acrossElement slightly indecent in church office : CURACY
24-acrossConqueror turned to race, inter alia : ATTILA
25-acrossTime read out from one side to the other : DIAMETER
26-acrossWhat’s said or sung, but not at church : ORAL
27-acrossNumber turn out after emergency call and keep it going : SOSTENUTO

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Decree to take Britain as English : UKASE
2-down – Take away from foreign land : DETRACT
3-down – Note girl gets to bailiff : REEVE
4-down – Plant setter’s getting for the time being : INTERIM
5-down – Lively Frenchman backed to become in charge : ENERGETIC
6-down – Watertight chamber is thus in metal shell : CAISSON
7-down – 8 in itself quaintly pleasing : PERSECUTE
13-down – Crete lies roughly somewhere between Reykjavik and Aden! : LEICESTER
14-down – Politicians find rising star come to dead end : DEMOCRATS
17-down – Like marriage taking up Latin translation : NUPTIAL
18-down – One sea and other river nymphs : NAIADES
20-down – A bit in France sounds a fortiori here : MORCEAU
22-down – Hunt with no time to be modest : CHASE
23-down – Belief being firm about colour : CREDO

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

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