The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26411 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26411 clues and answers were published on Fri 07 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26411 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossBroadcasting channel failed to answer : DUCKED
4-acrossThe thoughtless take car out, in accordance with recurrent idea : THEMATIC
9-acrossSinger acquired good piece of drum kit : BONGO
10-acrossYouth announces panto is to be held, but not at home : SALADDAYS
11-acrossTransport once set off right to the house : STAGELEFT
12-acrossDiscover original of really thin walls : LEARN
13-acrossClose to swearing? : NEARASDAMMIT
17-acrossIdeal sort of loan for flat : INTERESTFREE
20-acrossGoing, going … what am I bid? : ADIEU
21-acrossLeader’s symbol of office that is with something pink inside : CHIEFTAIN
23-acrossLoudly disapprove of sugary confection that may come back on you : BOOMERANG
24-acrossDown — why unable to fly? : OWING
25-acrossWar crime perhaps men committed in hatred : ENORMITY
26-acrossVery fast stretch of water : SOLENT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Depressing quality of extremely deplorable town : DEBASING
2-down – Bright red, about to drink in one hostelry and another : CINNABAR
3-down – On ’orse, what man did wear : ERODE
5-down – No end of break in playing on the sea, typically Elizabethan arrangement : HALFTIMBERING
6-down – Sort of winner is still made to struggle : MEDALLIST
7-down – Armoured vehicle shortly suppresses revolutionary rising, without exception : TOAMAN
8-down – In a comparison of sides, wrong for runner to go round : COSINE
10-down – Drug pusher who acknowledges no limits? : SPEEDMERCHANT
14-down – Past bearing boy, accepting an uplifting employment : ADNAUSEAM
15-down – Ignores a possible fix : ORGANISE
16-down – Party of women succeeded replacing husband for a week : SENNIGHT
18-down – Horse swallows black stone : MARBLE
19-down – Wrapper of novel — it’s horrible! : KIMONO
22-down – He held the greatest ring not to be enough : FRODO

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

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