The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26602 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26602 clues and answers were published on Fri 19 Jun 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26602 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFatty fish : BLOATER
5-acrossFail about right, poor grade for examination : LOOKSEE
9-acrossDefence shown by boxer with giant cut : ALIBI
10-acrossSee 26 : PRINCIPLE
11-acrossCharacter billed as land devastated — do nothing about it : DONALDDUCK
12-acrossSpike Milligan’s back scrubbed? God! : THOR
14-acrossExpectation of rush hour delays, an empty promise? : JAMTOMORROW
18-acrossDemonstrate that it’s possible to light up games : TESTMATCHES
21-acrossBird jaw : CHAT
22-acrossIn ecstasy after short film packages endure? That’s the stuff of Wallace and Gromit : PLASTICINE
25-acrossTough promises by Miliband’s lot, or … : LABORIOUS
26-across… safe leader, say, rising to a height of incompetence, as a rule : PETER
27-acrossSimilar, it’s told : RELATED
28-acrossDutch painter admits not all of art good, in general : LARGELY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Mark Antony’s extreme spirit : BRANDY
2-down – Bulbs shining, these charged : ONIONS
3-down – Journey ends in the hajj, entering mass event : TRIPLEJUMP
4-down – Fleet seeks power in attack : RAPID
5-down – Pass up around hip, unwilling to go lower for wrap-around garment : LOINCLOTH
6-down – Black and white beast turning up in zebra crossing : ORCA
7-down – Stone — rock perhaps describing one : SAPPHIRE
8-down – A couple faced listening to what a cow says she does? : EYEBROWS
13-down – Queue up with overseas trader for prayer : WORSHIPPER
15-down – Arsenic, for example, in it: old meal poisoned : METALLOID
16-down – Perfectionist, model ultimately wearing label : STICKLER
17-down – Transcontinental location, a Butlins resort : ISTANBUL
19-down – Minor left among offspring, having bottom wiped : LITTLE
20-down – At sea, tar yeh? : HEARTY
23-down – Fibre found in legumes is a lot : SISAL
24-down – Bits of stone balls : GRIT

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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