The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26096 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26096 clues and answers were published on Mon 04 Nov 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26096 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossEssentially consisting of articles and paintings : ATHEART
5-acrossLeaves without resources — needs way to get currency : STRANDS
10-acrossWooden stick’s about right for an annoying child : BRAT
11-acrossSave father suffering with a soothing application : AFTERSHAVE
12-acrossShade of nun seen round a religious establishment : NUANCE
13-acrossTravel overseas to get home : EMIGRATE
14-acrossImplement for eating meat paste? : CHOPSTICK
16-acrossShe loved Paris — not only in the spring! : HELEN
17-acrossIn full, it represents a cubic decimetre : LITRE
19-acrossRational conclusion to be drawn from one’s earnings : DEDUCTION
23-acrossSentimental jerk in the Eternal City? : ROMANTIC
24-acrossCreate a secret passage : ENCODE
26-acrossHe pays the price of publicity : ADVERTISER
27-acrossThe call of the sea? : AHOY
28-acrossIn favour of nuclear experiment — or against it? : PROTEST
29-acrossBeaten by a whisker : WHIPPED

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Finished, being nothing less than painstaking : THROUGH
3-down – College announced what courses should be : EATEN
4-down – It helps the analyst get near confounded answer : REAGENT
6-down – Vegetable growing from vessel in the rubbish dump : TURNIP
7-down – Those that do will probably have a mortgage, though it’s horrid : ABHORRENT
8-down – Keen supporter voted out on two points : DEVOTEE
9-down – He may get carried away without realising it : STRETCHERCASE
15-down – This way for the train : PERMANENT
18-down – Tidy — as a monk will be : INORDER
20-down – Discover a foreign planet : UNEARTH
21-down – Money for it is effortlessly acquired : OLDROPE
22-down – Significance of graven images out East : STATUS
25-down – Embrace for warrior previously decorated : CLASP

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

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