The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27847 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27847 clues and answers were published on Fri 14 Jun 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27847 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossRemote location in loop, might you say? : BACKWATER
6-acrossSee 19 : SHIRT
9-acrossPiece, central to, or on the far side of, banner : QUEEN
10-acrossTime of special power, perhaps, in recollection of deviant criminal : DESPERADO
11-acrossTime has no beginning — whoops! : EEK
12-acrossPair seen in Texas, perhaps — unqualified drug dealers? : COWBOYBOOTS
14-acrossAim to impress girl in skin-treatment establishment : TANNERY
15-acrossTo spare a net breaking, fold round it : APLENTY
16-acrossFur tops taken off, freeze : FROSTUP
19-acrossPompous type, why the overweight appearance? : STUFFED
22-acrossIs one’s engagement a head-turner? : REVERSEGEAR
23-acrossBe in charge of career : RUN
24-acrossCanvas items. I say, with salts at sea : STAYSAILS
26-acrossShame only valuable on the surface, we hear? : GUILT
27-acrossTurn out, on being missed by team : EVERT
28-acrossAfter conversion, 1 x 500 turned into currency : MONETISED

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – One’s left foot in bathtub, ask to remove right : BEQUEST
2-down – Read aloud Prague’s hotel register? : CHECKIN
3-down – Cold in head spreading in January, perhaps — something needed to keep warm? : WINDCHEATER
4-down – Moisture beneath one in river channel : TIDEWAY
5-down – Rash came up on legs and heads : ROSEOLA
6-down – Novel abandoned, unfinished : SHE
7-down – American English lacking in proposal, zilch in shorthand? : IDAHOAN
8-down – Wrong coming up with blue for red : TROTSKY
13-down – Place throw vertically over fitting, very straight : BOLTUPRIGHT
16-down – Expect number and letter on the phone? : FORESEE
17-down – Do away with cracks above it : OBVIATE
18-down – Excellent injecting iodine in the months of pregnancy? : PREMIUM
19-down – Hat collections being worn, including first of trilbies : STETSON
20-down – Time of life devoted to bonding? : FORTIES
21-down – Loading heavy weight up, something to sign, marked : DENOTED
25-down – Appearing in dungarees, Italian model : SIT

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

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