The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26314 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26314 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Jul 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26314 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossExcessively fast bowler perhaps takes Surrey opener with closing volley? : HASTY
10-acrossInfirmity deteriorating till cure inside hospital : ILLHEALTH
11-acrossPunch with energy and speed — perhaps you’ll walk over this? : HOOKEDRUG
12-acrossLast words betray empty jealousy : ENVOY
13-acrossFood for missing links and throwbacks? : SPAGBOL
15-acrossNative solver is speaking in Zulu region : NATURAL
17-acrossHaving got up fast, I ran to look inside : ASTIR
18-acrossBust of Edmund I, oddly effaced : DUD
20-acrossEndless show of warmth: hasten round to shelter from the cold : IGLOO
22-acrossSlightly more than three francs taken in high peril : PITFALL
25-acrossCheat to win golf in last round by one point : FINAGLE
26-acrossWorker, really gutted, gets drunk : BEERY
27-acrossSickly sundae gobbled, devoured, made sick : NAUSEATED
30-acrossClue to gasp about: Boatman creates vintage surface treatment : LEADPAINT
31-acrossQuicksand! Sense foot being caught : SWIFT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – A little radioactive matter in contact with the molecular constituents of water: whoops! : UHOH
2-down – Kind of rhyming, as kid set on insect : ASSONANT
3-down – A kind face? : TYPE
4-down – Failed to manage dire slum reform : MISRULED
5-down – Motto, not quick on the draw, say? : SLOGAN
6-down – Train speed pathetically slow? : PEDESTRIAN
7-down – Be quick to get into alternative musical : OLIVER
8-down – Boatman’s way of hailing Araucaria: his leading place a towering old man here : AHOY
13-down – Quicksand of sorts? : SHARP
14-down – Primate of Europe: Pray with Arab; be daring : BARBARYAPE
16-down – Fast, not fast : LOOSE
19-down – Runs away from deadly duel fast : DEFAULTS
21-down – Force one to falsify rent in report : LIGHTAIR
23-down – Boot option to raise speed : TOECAP
24-down – Almost sick after fast food for vegetarians : LENTIL
26-down – Speed zone : BELT
28-down – Miss start in haste to get back to front in Asia : EAST
29-down – Could be 01/12, 02/03, 03/10, 04/11! : DATE

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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