The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27532 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27532 clues and answers were published on Mon 11 Jun 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27532 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossJoin forces : ENLIST
4-acrossUngracious, leaving to applause : OFFHAND
9-acrossVital soldier dropped next to horse : PARAMOUNT
10-acrossBiscuit produced in a mass : WAFER
11-acrossRascal has power to end fraud : SCAMP
12-acrossMake several calls for jewellery — its shape? : RINGROUND
13-acrossWho might bark up this tree, do we hear? : DOGWOOD
15-acrossGot less quiet, leading to row : SHRANK
17-acrossThey are heard in the garden, or seen on the phone : TWEETS
19-acrossCruel schoolmaster odd to find aboard ship : SQUEERS
22-acrossMix in, where fire is lit? Not hard : INTEGRATE
24-acrossPut off having criminal freed : DEFER
26-acrossMock fast food? : SCOFF
27-acrossZero reading from this dial : POKERFACE
28-acrossAfterwards, almost everyone sort of thinking : LATERAL
29-acrossConfident gesture from conductor : UPBEAT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Wife once modelled naked : EXPOSED
2-down – Very young peacock : LARVA
3-down – This flags up important messages : SEMAPHORE
4-down – Trips that reveal our preferences? : OUTINGS
5-down – Not so many following sheep, right? : FEWER
6-down – Being well off, a criminal suppresses illness : AFFLUENCE
7-down – Scorn some madder idea : DERIDE
8-down – Place cleared, but rotting : PUTRID
14-down – Be deprived of two — I ought to struggle : GOWITHOUT
16-down – Circumnavigation? : ROUNDTRIP
18-down – One opening in the theatre : SCALPEL
19-down – Arab chief’s tremor when speaking : SHEIKH
20-down – Creeper makes weird present : SERPENT
21-down – In Leeds I replaced fuel : DIESEL
23-down – Have great success as explorer? : GOFAR
25-down – A little snow beginning to freeze body of water : FLAKE

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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