The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27470 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27470 clues and answers were published on Fri 30 Mar 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27470 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossGirl finding Vauxhall, say, and Oval on the 26, perhaps? : CAROLINE
9-acrossNative American, old and wise : OSAGE
10-acrossSee 2 : BITE
11-acrossBarking noted with terminus in Upminster, best Underground station : BONDSTREET
12-acrossOne asking Paddington, say, to eat horse : BEGGAR
14-acrossLegendary bull’s home pumped with oxygen thus, as preservative : CREOSOTE
15-acrossFirst of trains passing through Monument as a rule : STATUTE
17-acrossAppear clumsy in golf with a wedge, ending in bush : GALUMPH
20-acrossBoth end with Underground in Barking : ROUNDTHE
22-acrossTemple, a resident there is welcomed in by father : PAGODA
23-acrossMaster of creativity, heart rate around about a hundred : ARTTEACHER
24-acrossSee 20 : BEND
25-acrossFor example, Nobel Prizes we deigned to accept : SWEDE
26-acrossDuke of Wellington at Waterloo, one ahead of a sovereign : VICTORIA

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Plain, fine letters sent in the post : MANIFEST
2-down – Black eye initially violet, forming bruise on skin : LOVE
3-down – Feller’s call to take leadership from merchant bankers in Bank : TIMBER
4-down – Poor white American taking wine with spoon : REDNECK
5-down – Climber from Stanmore going down the tube : MONSTERA
6-down – Airbrush out borders in removing Pennsylvania city : HARRISBURG
7-down – Bored, it’s suggested? Take down Waterloo : DEFEAT
13-down – Might granny shove off? : GETKNOTTED
16-down – Flyer values monitors and adjusts a chemical : TITRATES
18-down – Particular doctor painted on canvas, primarily : PEDANTIC
19-down – Workers’s home in High Barnet? : BEEHIVE
21-down – Flood is over the grass : ONRUSH
22-down – Crime, good and exciting : PIRACY
24-down – Error on the Tube, perhaps? : BOOB

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

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