The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27852 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27852 clues and answers were published on Thu 20 Jun 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27852 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossBlair mobilised to go round overdue, involving both sides : BILATERAL
8-acrossMinor role appeared before central character in story : CAMEO
9-acrossThus a reason not to smoke with a French rogue : SONOFAGUN
10-acrossNostromo, wrecked on ocean, initially lost in Typhoon : STORM
12-acrossA dictator gains European leadership in Suspense : ONEDGE
13-acrossModel tracks creative work reversing gusset : TRAINSET
16-acrossStone slab, incised with record of church construction : STEEPLE
19-acrossLosing second fellow, lifeboats sent up maroon : ISOLATE
22-across[Guardian group accepts position of Corbyn, Opposition leader] : CHAMPION
25-acrossSeafarer who wrote about navy leader in A Winding Road : CONRAD
27-acrossThe Inheritors takes on empire’s leader, moving to the left : HEIRS
28-acrossSaying nothing about Chance makes one a fool : DUMBCLUCK
29-acrossAct as The Informer in part allocated selflessly : RATON
30-acrossPrepared to attack in hoard with central character in The Nigger of the Narcissus : LAYINWAIT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Deny row about broadcast : DISOWN
2-down – Once old, a changing disposition to share Romance : CANOODLE
3-down – Wipe out revolutionary in The Secret Agent : NEGATE
4-down – Emptiness shown in Victory with sharpness of vision : VACUITY
5-down – Garment from Boatman’s back, absent in Heart of Darkness : KAFTAN
6-down – [Extent of revolution in BA?] : DEGREE
11-down – Under Western Eyes spoke of manners : WAYS
14-down – Deep brown, without end : SEA
15-down – It is brought up over The End of the Tether : TIE
16-down – Dry in bits would be halves : SEC
17-down – Foreign character central to The Tale : ETA
18-down – Boatman taken by Youth set : LAID
20-down – Liberal and left wings to allow end to onerous property legislation? : LANDLAWS
21-down – Violent run-in, alas, with An Outcast of the Islands : INSULAR
23-down – They may laugh at grouchy Ena Sharples’s revelation : HYENAS
24-down – 25 across’s central character is gloomy following wreck : MARLOW
25-down – Copper with nothing to offer about a typical cell’s shape : CUBOID
26-down – Cold conditions for developing cacti, right? : ARCTIC

This crossword has in total 32 where 14 are across and 18 are down.

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