The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26834 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26834 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Mar 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26834 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossWhole of oblique triangle : INTEGRAL
9-acrossObjects of contemp­lation left in parts of church : NAVELS
10-across101, or 99? : CONE
11-acrossMy darling and I intertwine with desire : ADMIRINGLY
12-acrossHollow in part of Yorkshire golf course? : TROUGH
14-acrossPoorness of English team, half-heartedly shamefaced : EXIGUITY
15-acrossPain he’s suffering to get fit : INSHAPE
17-acrossWordy poetry about personal problem : VERBOSE
20-acrossFlipping dreary bogs in Arctic outpost : SVALBARD
22-acrossBanks leaving Barbados to move overseas : ABROAD
23-acrossNew product in pub getting enthusiastic reception : INNOVATION
24-acrossBetting money VW finally goes west : POOL
25-acrossRodin’s The Kiss is French — and most permissive : LAXEST
26-acrossTypical examples of sanctimonious writings on MDMA : EPITOMES

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Accompanied by men, fled from mountain principality : ANDORRAN
2-down – 24 across and nothing more : MERE
3-down – Inhalation on entering water : BREATH
4-down – Fallen plumes arranged end to end : SLUMPED
5-down – Add life to Greene’s novel about Haiti’s nadir : ENERGISE
6-down – 2 perhaps, yet more unfeeling : EVENNUMBER
7-down – 49 to 51, time to be gloomy : ILLLIT
13-down – Sinful single nurses call for attention : UNHALLOWED
16-down – Rustic vegetables infested by insects? : PEASANTY
18-down – Rise as one, delighted to welcome veteran : SEASONED
19-down – She displays plates of meat to be probed by doctor : LDRIVER
21-down – Damager of London museum going on trial at last : VANDAL
22-down – First of attempts to free the BBC : AUNTIE
24-down – Heavy tread of diplodocus : PLOD

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

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