The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28583 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28583 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Oct 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28583 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossGuy in Love Island is a horny bounder : ORIBI
4-acrossPublic figure giving hint : OVERTONE
8-acrossStage direction stops working in theatre play : THEENTERTAINER
10-acrossPro card player’s inspired about project : FORECAST
11-acrossHappened by chance to ring, interrupted by heavy metal : BEFELL
12-acrossPastry crust of canapé, something consumed in bits : PIECEMEAL
15-acrossTraditional motifs in piece of music caught by solver in France : TOPOI
17-acrossComparative magnitude of bits east of desert : RATIO
18-acrossLess wild path for conquering warrior : TAMERLANE
19-acrossHollow area poor driver ends up in — he leaves it : TROUGH
21-acrossSummons a vehicle back across open ground : SUBPOENA
24-acrossPoet, reading the Iliad, mostly stunned : DANTEALIGHIERI
25-acrossImported copper: high grade, half mended : GENDARME
26-acrossDeity in religious books with pale covering : WOTAN

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Like a pub where all the hard liquor’s been drunk down : OUTOFSPIRITS
2-down – Where birds are devouring corn seriously : INEARNEST
3-down – Barring Connery’s lead, classic version of Bond : IONIC
4-down – Tardily, woke Liberal goes on record, boring new voters : OVERSLEPT
5-down – Fare pocketed in voyage at sea : EATS
6-down – Abridge Old Testament book, suppressing hard term : TRIMESTER
7-down – Subtle, absorbing end of tale one’s related : NIECE
9-down – Feature of Love’s Labour’s Lost nothing but repetition : ALLITERATION
13-down – Rich man from South Africa confined, having been given a stretch? : ELONGATED
14-down – English following type of stock car : LIMOUSINE
16-down – Post mountain-climbing setter in building : PLACEMENT
20-down – Amerindian’s poetic apostrophe to a wise man : OSAGE
22-down – It’s said to dismiss Poland’s No 1 playmaker : PSHAW
23-down – Rolls topped with unwrapped spam or fish : PARR

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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