The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26674 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26674 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 Sep 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26674 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossLanded a bit of jewellery with red inside : BEACHED
5-acrossMusic and booze for George Best, perhaps : AIRPORT
9-acrossRomance and evening out, leaving at ten : FLING
10-acrossJosh abandons Latin class that works hard : PEASANTRY
11-acrossMonarch stops wearing headdress between London and Edinburgh, say : INTERURBAN
12-acrossIt’s fixed — about time! Don’t change it : STET
14-acrossImage of Troy inspiring desire — fantastic art : ILLUSTRATION
18-acrossThinker’s urge to move fast : HUNGERSTRIKE
21-acrossApprovingly receive cold drink : CLAP
22-acrossLinnaeus’s opening sentence dissecting brown herbaceous plant : UMBELLIFER
25-acrossReturning Greek ruler may walk unclothed in passage : SUEZCANAL
26-acrossHaughtily consent to listen to Kierkegaard, say : DEIGN
27-acrossRenegade or rat — that captures it : TRAITOR
28-acrossStyling goes with any corsage : NOSEGAY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Scientist brought in to fob off inspectors : BOFFIN
2-down – Noble way to enter a city : ARISTO
3-down – Vocal greeting? Wave is better : HIGHROLLER
4-down – One wants to cheat with sport, right? : DOPER
5-down – Imitating someone cooking meat that’s pale : ALABASTER
6-down – Path travelled by boat in sound : ROAD
7-down – Leave behind away kit : OUTSTRIP
8-down – Hear singer’s on a date : TRYSTING
13-down – Liberal entering behind rear seat perhaps slips : BACKSLIDES
15-down – Your little boy gets home with gold stars : URSAMINOR
16-down – Burly group of pupils unlikely to get good grades : THICKSET
17-down – Where to find film not for public viewing : INCAMERA
19-down – Part of sea current enters wrong gulf : OFFING
20-down – Stylish goal, cracking shot : TRENDY
23-down – Girl from outer parts of London, we hear : ELLEN
24-down – Beginning to sing, jazz fan may do this : SCAT

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

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