The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 25th November 2010

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th November 2010. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Large chap backing female — as female
AAcross 5:	Thingummy making parties from the left and right sigh
AAcross 9:	Attempt to pinch bottom (Widdecombe's bottom), worthless stuff
AAcross 10:	Marilyn's husband, he with a literary tale?
AAcross 12:	Nelson's ultimate ally, hot maid misbehaving?	LADYHAMILTON
AAcross 15:	Farrier starts to ride stallions, every steed wrapped by Father Christmas, perhaps?
AAcross 17:	Back a turn
AAcross 19:	Well, the answer should __ here
AAcross 20:	One drugged in myth, some years on consuming flower to save time
AAcross 22:	Actor offering setter flower	ORLANDOBLOOM
AAcross 26:	Running, I did so backwards — ouch!	INAROW
AAcross 27:	Filth repulsed in broadcast, commanding attention
AAcross 28:	Hardy novel about capital of Ireland — or of somewhere else?
AAcross 29:	Hot dog filled with hot cat?
DDown 1:	Engagement ring ripped from rampant toad, marriage's ending?
DDown 2:	See 3
DDown 3:	Letters mixed up in this anagram of "Paul has to be the foremost of pillocks!"
DDown 4:	Raid Scrabble tiles J, A, Z, Z, I, L — what wouldn't one give ___ ?
DDown 6:	Old star not widely accepted as deity
DDown 7:	Single European into poet, his artistic interest superficial?
DDown 8:	Dutch in Rhodes (or abroad)	HERINDOORS
DDown 11:	One opens gold sweet
DDown 13:	Hosiery primarily confiscated by officer in dissolute cabinet
DDown 14:	Cash here in place of order for butterfly
DDown 16:	Weed obscuring duck, work to see bird
DDown 18:	Love: it comes up in county as loyalty
DDown 21:	You overlooking partners? Past it and still on the shelf?
DDown 23:	Bulb may be wasted	LITUP
DDown 24:	Biblical character among people, a harlot	LEAH
DDown 25:	Mix porridge here

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