The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26910 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26910 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Jun 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26910 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFlowing hair, as the canal flight fan said? : LOVELOCKS
6-acrossDo back up computers : SCAM
10-acrossPainter turned to fabulous bird : COROT
11-acrossDon’t doubt this sphere at high speed, retiring : REALMCCOY
12-acrossPage missing from bottle book? : RESERVE
13-acrossFighting in island capital not good for a PC : MALWARE
14-acrossCow on the internet to perpetrate this : CYBERBULLYING
17-acrossWhat’s special about you being taken wrongly? : IDENTITYTHEFT
21-acrossAuthorising omission of a king from old water sport : OKAYING
22-across[Electrical conductor with varying heat making beverage] : BUSHTEA
24-acrossRelating to a thigh muscle of sailor turning round craft : SARTORIAL
25-acrossCombined in vain on expedition : INONE
26-acrossDrudge fell : HACK
27-acrossTomfoolery from Arab given latitude? : HORSEPLAY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Sweet, lyrical, inventive introductions by company songwriter : LICORICE
2-down – It spreads through — right for one American : VIRUS
3-down – Ideal territory, perhaps, for a reviewer? : LITERARYEDITOR
4-down – Blackish-green new look of Eurocab : CORBEAU
5-down – Coarse cloth coverings lifted by Mr Gibson : STAMMEL
7-down – Land of luxury makes Willy different in age : COCKAIGNE
8-down – Seamstresses might, thus causing chaos : MAYHEM
9-down – Mint essential to move round large digestive organ : SMALLINTESTINE
15-down – Barbaric tours, cold and whatnot : BRICABRAC
16-down – Game requires holder to contain speed and gravitational constant : STRATEGY
18-down – Is right to be represented as fierce : TIGRISH
19-down – Vasiform old boat Laura, sternless, is wrecked : TUBULAR
20-down – Appliance manufacturer right in soup : BORSCH
23-down – To use an angling method needs time and bread : TROLL

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

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