The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26164 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26164 clues and answers were published on Thu 23 Jan 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26164 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossBoob reportedly making a lot of noise : CLANGOUR
9-acrossCompiler turned round compiler’s former rapper : EMINEM
10-acrossStereotypically privileged insect? : WASP
11-acrossFemale getting going with concrete structure : FLAUNCHING
12-acrossParty girl keeping one large chest measurement under wraps : HIDDEN
14-acrossFind out about unusual end of spectrum : INFRARED
15-acrossVarious mediocre, tailless rodents : DORMICE
17-acrossAffected style of ornamental entrance : ARCHWAY
20-acrossLiver not wholly absorbing origins of alcoholic binge — result is almost obscene : SCABROUS
22-acrossType of express, perhaps, chasing its tail : STRAIN
23-acrossGraffiti fade off building material : DEFACEMENT
24-acrossPlant that’s loud and loose : FLAX
25-acrossOracle’s source, or prophet’s, in city : DELPHI
26-across22 across-er’s article not so hot outside : COLANDER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Camel’s relation almost in love with actor : ALPACINO
2-down – Bargain to get legs over : SNIP
3-down – Head of college leaving home for final destination : COFFIN
4-down – Bad actor going to Italy : CROATIA
5-down – Express disapproval about return of Scandinavian girl : JENNIFER
6-down – Beauty and Woman were synonymous with domestic appliance : DISHWASHER
7-down – Where to communicate with some of those ancestors? : SEANCE
13-down – Anticipating release, had poem by Portishead translated : DEMOBHAPPY
16-down – Inclined to be cross about un-American show containing gap : CHOLERIC
18-down – Mounting vigour, imbued with energy, proves enlivening : ANIMATES
19-down – What’s distilled in German city’s church : ESSENCE
21-down – Smart chopper gutted : CLEVER
22-down – Colonise piece of furniture : SETTLE
24-down – Clement’s penalty : FINE

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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