The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26116 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26116 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Nov 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26116 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossBury’s outstanding player shouted Referee! : INTERCEDE
10-acrossTennyson’s first crude poem kept by maestro : TEMPO
11-acrossTook on old English, swapping parts : ENGAGED
12-acrossSee 22 down : PURSUED
13-acrossCourt service admitted trickery : CRAFT
14-acrossPlug new gold bed till thoroughly sick of it : ADNAUSEAM
16-acrossMen Only issues cover playing field, 22 down’s one of them : STAGEDIRECTIONS
19-acrossInsurance for theatrical feats spanning river? : SAFETYNET
21-acrossSage in 5 Hindu borders : SADHU
22-acrossBent front off charm : ENCHANT
23-acrossSee 22 down : BYABEAR
24-acrossRadio Nicosia’s dialect? : IONIC
25-acrossWas very camp redcoat sacked about a quarter past five? : OVERACTED

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Dilemma: director in Tesco’s fiddled overheads : FIXEDCOSTS
2-down – Such blemishes are unusual for a magistrate : STIGMATA
3-down – Cargo avoiding Spain for a start : FRIGHT
4-down – One of 16 useless people : DEAD
5-down – Low needs winds and time to cross Atlantic : DESPONDENT
6-down – Begin to take drugs regularly for that dreamy feeling : STARDUST
7-down – A short distance to river wall : IMMURE
8-down – See 4 : WOOD
14-down – One line transformed into a complex Brechtian effect : ALIENATION
15-down – When queens made out in disguise? : MASQUERADE
17-down – Cast of ten performed this in Paris foyer : ENTRANCE
18-down – Old big-chested guys’ backstreet scraps : ODDMENTS
20-down – Federer starts serving well opposite : FACING
21-down – High-spirited doctor, one who 25 in hospital? : SHAMAN
22-down – Lacking love, baby due to expire, Ursa involved — best known of 16? : EXIT
23-down – Last platform that’s retained by its former operating company : BIER

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

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