The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28060 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28060 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Feb 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28060 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossStrongly anger unionists, being enthusiastic : FIREDUP
5-acrossNot quite have time to cover puzzles, essentially reversing instruction : MITZVAH
9-acrossSee 6 : DUCTS
10-acrossExceptional grant and a fourth armed man? : DARTAGNAN
11-acrossHumanitarian organisation’s driver possibly going round in circles : ROTARYCLUB
12-acrossFortitude may be needed in readiness for real snow and ice : TRUE
14-acrossIs Monet misrepresented in tiny but fundamental matter? : QUESTIONMARK
18-acrossMerrymaking composer pens the ultimate in music, reject­ing secure articles : BACCHANALIAN
21-acrossRedeem myself, partly to get an award : EMMY
22-acrossConsider purposeful shop reprimand : DELIBERATE
25-acrossDesolate nature’s in evolution : SATURNINE
26-acrossBothered bit by bit, as they say : FAZED
27-acrossParker cooked hot fish outside : DOROTHY
28-acrossAbout marriage, when it turns belligerent : MARTIAL

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Iron rod upon a hat : FEDORA
2-down – Brief script, yet evenly read : RECITE
3-down – First in cold blast to become agitated : DISTRAUGHT
4-down – What could make Cupid easily embarrassed : PUDIC
5-down – In a kind of miracle, they say you are fickle : MERCURIAL
6-down – One left rusticated arrangement of flowers in grief : TEAR
7-down – May be even true of sex : VENEREAL
8-down – Write down curse for Spooner’s nags : HENPECKS
13-down – Unattended vehicle’s broken into in Paris: a damaged Ford : UNCAREDFOR
15-down – From the time of Rome, it took years to start with honesty : SINCERITY
16-down – Snob houses closed, only half occupied : OBSESSED
17-down – Weapon of racism : SCIMITAR
19-down – Long live the Emperor of Zanzibar, unclothed and dancing : BANZAI
20-down – Part of Venezuela due for uprising, like most of Europe once : FEUDAL
23-down – Brought up breakfast cereal, bypassing the beginning of stomach and small intestine : ILEUM
24-down – See 12 : GRIT

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

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