The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28803 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28803 clues and answers were published on Thu 07 Jul 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28803 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCapital found on the Thames? : BELFAST
5-acrossGentle sound putting butter on bread? : PITAPAT
10-acrossForward in Australian city dropping back : PERT
11-acrossA virtual fool, thirty, dressed up as children’s character : TOOTHFAIRY
12-acrossSee 9 : CHANCE
13-acrossUnion in fun dismissing leader : ALLIANCE
14-acrossExciting piece from Bremen : ENTHUSING
16-acrossCon fixer : SCREW
17-acrossPrayer about body half lost in heaven? : ABOVE
19-acrossIdiot called when first of messages missed, produced a tweet? : TWITTERED
23-acrossCountry in Iran having disheartened Slovak, unfortunately : SRILANKA
24-acrossOff past this London station goes old raconteur in speech? : EUSTON
26-acrossFur in beard made of ice, did you say? : CHINCHILLA
27-acrossGod returned in screen idol : ODIN
28-acrossNovelist and ex-con back in custody for sport : ARCHERY
29-acrossOld lover in affair showing some muscle? : FLEXING

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Criminal nowhere — Butler did it! : EREWHON
3-down – Comfortable furniture in airport initially changed : FUTON
4-down – Comfortable furniture in place over river : SETTEES
6-down – See 9 : INHELL
7-down – Overwhelming quantity 15, according to the French? : AVALANCHE
8-down – Speaker’s authority in chamber : AURICLE
9-down – Drunk low on Stella has Chenin blanc never! : NOTASNOWBALLS
15-down – Eat meat having dropped article inside loin and leg : HAVELUNCH
18-down – King’s predecessor in restaurant listened to old citizen : BURGHER
20-down – Tail one wags, extreme part : TOENAIL
21-down – English poet, sensation : EMOTION
22-down – Attachment to boat behind 25 10 in large ship, by the sound of it? : ANCHOR
25-down – People in North America : SIOUX

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

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