The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28706 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28706 clues and answers were published on Wed 16 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28706 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossIn hospital with curtain round after a bad fall : AVALANCHE
6-acrossTurn computers into a dishonest business : SCAM
10-acrossPoet mislaying his third watch : VIGIL
11-acrossType of company stock : REPERTORY
12-acrossLet cash fall out of bag : SATCHEL
13-acrossAnyone at first, latest in long sequence sick in crowded tenement : ANTHILL
14-acrossLeft TV programme, missing the forecast of good weather : REDSKYATNIGHT
17-acrossFollowing plant surveys, ordered this one? : VENUSSFLYTRAP
21-acrossAgreed to return after short dip : CURTSEY
22-acrossOne in flight of birds finally falling to rook : AVIATOR
24-acrossExaminer buttons lip for a term : TRIMESTER
25-acrossSkewer doll on back of truck for return : KEBAB
26-acrossSuperior-sounding greeting : HIYA
27-acrossSees great possibility in Roman exploits : RESGESTAE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Warning notice: face cover finally mandatory : ADVISORY
2-down – Goes to the gallows, not the first time, in dread : ANGST
3-down – The body of male college mem­bers useless with scrambled egg : ALLTHEKINGSMEN
4-down – Circular band nearly full of golden petals : COROLLA
5-down – Resolve to be complicated now? : EXPLAIN
7-down – Boy in church worried his rector : CHORISTER
8-down – Prime minister’s surreptitious bug : MAYFLY
9-down – Pop wants gradually to remove Thatcher at the beginning, that prickly character : MRSTIGGYWINKLE
15-down – To extend my range as Duke, I write poetry : DIVERSIFY
16-down – Falstaff, say, with bulge not even ready for surgery : OPERABLE
18-down – Unscrupulous type locked in cells, hysterical : SHYSTER
19-down – Old cabs provided reversed over a wide area : FIACRES
20-down – Taps closed, gas turned up for warming drink : SCOTCH
23-down – Apocryphal story very much shortened : TOBIT

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

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