The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27126 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27126 clues and answers were published on Tue 21 Feb 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27126 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossBinds cuts without pressure : SPLICES
5-acrossThis might be Elm Street, if in production : FILMSET
9-acrossGet home and eat : DIGIN
10-acrossProtection secure, fellow made out : CHAINMAIL
11-acrossKrueger home detailed unusual killing regime : KHMERROUGE
12-across4 a 5 : PERV
14-acrossFood complaint section concerned with food sent back : BEEFBURGERS
18-acrossHe might take blade to Elm Street, without bounds he operates? : TREESURGEON
21-acrossBucket to collect going round : TEEM
22-acrossFreddy Krueger’s third? All butchered in an horrific way : DREADFULLY
25-acrossSleepy? Old criminal heading for Nightmare on Elm Street houses : SOMNOLENT
26-acrossGood person out of bed, male breaks in to confuse : STUMP
27-acrossI must interrupt film ogre’s screams : SHRIEKS
28-acrossRelaxes partners after endless sex : SEDATES

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Son turns over magazine after daughter’s puzzle : SUDOKU
2-down – Pulse on bird rising : LEGUME
3-down – Do catch tailless fish: it sounds deep : CONTRABASS
4-down – So knock out American deviant : SICKO
5-down – Dainty one mostly lost blood after Freddy initially called : FRANGIBLE
6-down – Fast learner on specialist ward : LENT
7-down – John Barnes finally up front — English Liverpool player dribbled : SLAVERED
8-down – Supporter’s jeans tucked in and put on show : TELEVISE
13-down – Turning red fast, sun permeated : TRANSFUSED
15-down – Right panic, time to go and save : ERRORLESS
16-down – Ranks second in figures : STATUSES
17-down – Sign of dreaming? Short deep cuts show for sin deliverer : REDEEMER
19-down – Sport paper featuring foreign articles : FLAUNT
20-down – American city street rates for voluptuous young women : NYMPHS
23-down – One closed American borders for cars : AUTOS
24-down – Set off on bloodshed : GORE

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

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