Guardian cryptic crossword - auGust Bank Holiday
[Pages:1]Guardian cryptic crossword - August Bank Holiday
No 26,346 set by Maskarade
The clues are listed in alphabetical order of their solutions, which should be entered jigsaw-wise in the grid, as they may fit. In each pair of solutions beginning with the same letter one will fit a theme, not further defined in the clue.
A Backed slave distributing coal outside -- outside! (8)
A Just removing top, leaving down under (6)
B Goods train truck that gives support to capricious knave (5,3)
B Husband leaves spiritual leader holding garland (8)
C Lad by the northern factory (6,5)
C Beaten prisoner questioned without one being present (9)
D Almost crazy about swimming pool (8)
D Young troublemakers were raised on new set (8)
E Snakes slip away endlessly (5) E Fenland drainage channel sur-
rounding open ditch (6)
F Baffle Liberal embraced by senior Tory politician (8)
F Somerset town where silver is removed from French cheese (5)
G Steer is inside, ailing unfortunately (8)
G Fellow penned inside historic region of southwest France (7)
H A rhyming poem rewritten (4,8)
H Harsh frost over the Home Counties (6)
I Timeless river exists (6) I Responsible for measure and
gear change (2,6) J Tasks involving a touch of class
-- that's a snag (6,6) J Hit the jackpot -- odd to tick off
Ham's brother (7) K Glaswegian tough -- one seen
in university (6) K Relatives receiving grand
trophy (7) L Finish eating seaweed -- just
the opposite (8) L More suspicious, having both
sides outside -- strange! (7) M Note about novel return (6) M Temple boss, briefly (6) N Chinwag with "blue" painter --
I left (6) N Nehru takes nap -- out of sorts
(8) O Equal heard to show respect to
Henry's Queen (2,1,3) O Topless helmsman, one with
Lily (6) P Poor farm labourer holding
monkey at prayer (8) P Money short on highway (8) Q Depart with marijuana child
consumed (6,5)
Q Former prison holding nationalist till noon? (7)
R Male ewe, apparently (6) R Narrow-minded anarchist with
audacity (7) S Small instrument provided
that party in Oz (9) S Rigorously isn't right -- unusu-
ally tenderly (11) T Oddly, they answer to Labour
leader (6) T Transatlantic expression, it
seems, for Waterloo, say (8) U Burmese address party (3) U Infidels represented in blue
verse (11) V Composer back from Maltese
ravine (6) V Wild carnivore runs away (8) W Cry like a curlew and circle
around top of pillar at end of cove (7) W Seek support, rollicking in bed (8) X Our associate editor, Brooks, gets cross with a leading newsman (3) X Cross hit man confused about film rating (8) Y Pointer at end of jetty (6)
Y Arab state, including section for sycophants (3-3)
Z No time for enthusiasm as grandma enters harems (7)
Z Great North Road turning after last pub (6)
Solution No. 26,345
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