The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27514 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27514 clues and answers were published on Mon 21 May 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27514 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFuel element in heart of reactor to be eaten away : CORRODE
5-acrossJudge a royal nipper : ARBITER
9-acrossTurner is delayed about an hour : LATHE
10-acrossTheatre company dislike picture : REPRESENT
11-acrossOpen vessel journalist upset : OVERTURNED
12-acrossGreet bad weather : HAIL
14-acrossSiren in car sent hens crazy : ENCHANTRESS
18-acrossTrendy Italian banker boxes celebrated doctor : HIPPOCRATES
21-acrossLook suggestively back in the dance : REEL
22-acrossMrs Mopp has time to recycle liqueur : CHARTREUSE
25-acrossRelative gets a halt signal that’s not vindicated : UNCLEARED
26-acrossChildren’s game gets you and me in river : TAGUS
27-acrossCamera socket stolen by son with long-handled instrument : HOTSHOE
28-acrossPart of the creche longs for rank : ECHELON

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Immature animal eats everything : CALLOW
2-down – Cad runs over appealing carnivore : ROTTER
3-down – Alien hiding in public dance is lacking restraint : OVERTHETOP
4-down – Blunder has rascal guillotined : ERROR
5-down – Place trap carelessly and this could be upset : APPLECART
6-down – Worker gets king a drink : BEER
7-down – Youth to generate transformation : TEENAGER
8-down – Hard-hearted? Girl not so much! : RUTHLESS
13-down – He attracts constituents but only with difficulty : ATASTRETCH
15-down – God’s in charge of working animal : CARTHORSE
16-down – Utter nothing in between : THOROUGH
17-down – Superior reduced strike : UPPERCUT
19-down – Stick semi-digested food with jelly : CUDGEL
20-down – Model wearing fewer clothes? : LESSON
23-down – Travel across German mountain range : RIDGE
24-down – Jacob’s wife finds the meadow hot : LEAH

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

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