The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28503 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28503 clues and answers were published on Wed 21 Jul 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28503 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossOne with rigid response to game, such as me : SETTER
4-acrossThe real me and others reassem­bled container broken in half : SELVES
9-acrossOdd parts of culture, as this itself is : CLUE
10-acrossSeason preceded by 1960s’ musical — watch part : HAIRSPRING
11-acrossOnes who cut nested 12 : HEWERS
12-acrossFormal declarations, excluding 27 words of certain type : PRONOUNS
13-acrossLike something that may be first, second or third, without one negative comment : ASPERSION
15-acrossCouple, pair of 12, one returned : ITEM
16-acrossWhat distinguishes French girlfriend and boyfriend at this point : HERE
17-acrossLike something of yours or mine that’s crazy : POSSESSED
21-acrossSmall pub organised fine party in Ireland : SINNFEIN
22-acrossEnglish 12 — one or the other : EITHER
24-acrossLike some elements second kind of star made available : MONOVALENT
25-across2 removing me and then them, for you once : THEE
26-acrossLike beauty pageant participants, for instance, that woman had put outside : SASHED
27-acrossAmerican’s ready, minimally, to embrace Brendan — it’s hard stuff : CEMENT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – People like you — extremely passionate types, missing nothing : SOLVERS
2-down – Unifying idea that begins with and ends with 12 : THEME
3-down – Ancient city in European power, second among 12 : EPHESUS
5-down – Station 1 across and down together in school : EUSTON
6-down – Extremely limited openings for it and others : VERMOUTHS
7-down – Eg best for worst, verbally : SYNONYM
8-down – Pen music, rondo needing change, sounding wrong : MISPRONOUNCED
14-down – Wrong or right, third person’s invested in euros, oddly : ERRONEOUS
16-down – Awful man with the writer? On the contrary, you and me : HEINOUS
18-down – Heterosexual couple hiding half of what’s put inside cover : SHEATHE
19-down – He and I each represent one : ELEMENT
20-down – For example, initially he or she : FEMALE
23-down – Money for church, as 12 after short time : TITHE

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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