The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 17th August 2017

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th August 2017. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Red, filthy dung-filled town
AAcross 9:	Hard 7 for Murdoch's kind of whiskey?
AAcross 10:	Feeble, not too clever, getting upset over Latin
AAcross 11:	Ridiculously easy, almost English language
AAcross 12:	Author's grand parties
AAcross 14:	Creep! Groveller! Grub!
AAcross 15:	Preacher with a stake in drink
AAcross 17:	Raise the heat level — oxygen, quick!
AAcross 20:	Hang on, it's a thorny plant	WAITABIT
AAcross 22:	Purchase about 50 books first, like Barbara Windsor?
AAcross 23:	Make granny form a union?	TIETHEKNOT
AAcross 24:	Devon resort's improved with non-drinking element gone
AAcross 25:	Be conspicuous, excluding and thick
AAcross 26:	Greener, VAT-exempt, houses weakened
DDown 1:	Bandage one has to clench after bath	TUBIGRIP
DDown 2:	Oath finally made, go in search of pleasure
DDown 3:	Am I backing second rallying cry for union with Greece?
DDown 4:	Like sleep of wild pony in concealed surroundings
DDown 5:	Capital cover for retirement?
DDown 6:	Choice that hurt woman's black plant
DDown 7:	Short prince, the queen's alcoholic successor
DDown 13:	Violet hardly started, so Titian splashed around — quite an ordeal
DDown 16:	Books in the same place, with litter strewn about
DDown 18:	China encountered Old Testament upside-down semi-tropical tree
DDown 19:	Runs from part-time correspondent, one who goads
DDown 21:	In the thick of it, dam's broken
DDown 22:	Acid removing bird's tail
DDown 24:	Ladies' drink?