The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28683 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28683 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Feb 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28683 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


7-acrossSee 15 : CHICKEN
8-acrossInflamed area poked by sick fool : PILLOCK
9-acrossFool, big lump : CLOD
10-acrossFools take on county : BERKSHIRE
12-acrossStop feeding wrong dose to fool : CLOSE
13-acrossGrid in FT cryptic lacking purpose? : DRIFTING
15-acrossFool with yellow Caribbean dish : JERK
16-acrossDip about right for dipso : DRUNK
17-acrossTwist in tornado? : WIND
18-acrossFirst of balls found in broken urinal behind entrance of tennis court : TRIBUNAL
20-acrossFool in defence, City’s back : WALLY
21-acrossTurn up to either building, though not hospital : PIROUETTE
22-acrossSee 12 : DOWN
24-acrossIsland where sweet thing faces giant of the ocean : MAJORCA
25-acrossCheap wine, burgundy almost knocked over — fool! : PLONKER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Dish having Asian lentils for starters? : DHAL
2-down – Distorted notes in passport, say, held by a decrepit thing : ACIDROCK
3-down – Frail worker having broken spirit, lifted : FEEBLE
4-down – Fool lowers credit : DIPSTICK
5-down – Grievance expressed when one enters place : PLAINT
6-down – High point reached, some problem catching up : ACME
11-down – Swimmer’s bloody outdated style : REDMULLET
12-down – Marxist revolutionary and British head of state in lift : CHEER
14-down – Fool one in three names with chicanery, finally : NINNY
16-down – Condemn fool holding figure upside down : DENOUNCE
17-down – Far from bloody good job! : WELLDONE
19-down – One following fool gripping lead on rabid dog : BORZOI
20-down – That man in violent slide reversing car : WHEELS
21-down – Fool covering king in some butter : PRAT
23-down – Arouse wife on the ground : WHET

This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.

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