The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28519 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28519 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Aug 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28519 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossTransport country flower : CARNATION
10-acrossAnimal succeeded? Exactly : STOAT
11-acrossPresent in smithereens : THERE
12-acrossCalf’s state : NEWJERSEY
13-acrossSword pierced girl : CUTLASS
14-acrossAverse to touching : AGAINST
17-acrossSome publicity permitted : LICIT
19-acrossPartner’s drink returned : PAL
20-acrossNamely, wrongly sited : IDEST
21-acrossMarried excited fan : ADMIRER
22-acrossSprinkling small stuff : SMATTER
24-acrossCompany car? : TWOSEATER
26-acrossRiver quarter’s sound : FORTH
28-acrossHouse’s fashion statement : MANOR
29-acrossUnremunerative amateur match : NONPROFIT

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Writer’s homophonous compatriot : SCOT
2-down – Father’s fishing club : PRIEST
3-down – Criminal masculine element : MALEFACTOR
4-down – Private soldiers? Monsters : GIANTS
5-down – Mushroom drink : SNOWBALL
6-down – Key passage heard : ISLE
7-down – Empty points? Rubbish! : NONSENSE
8-down – Guy put off : STAY
13-down – Name a flower : CALLA
15-down – No-man’s-land? : ANIMALFARM
16-down – Murphy’s treat, cooked : TATER
18-down – Mixture — it’s enclosed : COMPOUND
19-down – Sanctimonious seaman stealing : PIRATING
22-down – Leap year, partly : SPRING
23-down – Plant’s economy : THRIFT
24-down – Raised issue, period : TIME
25-down – Mark’s successor, semi-neurotic? : EURO
27-down – Strikes disrupted this : HITS

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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