Guardian cryptic crossword

[Pages:1]Guardian cryptic crossword

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No 25,544 set by Paul

The first five correct entries drawn each week win Guardian Style and A Clue to our Lives, worth ?23.98. Entries to: The Guardian Crossword No 25,544, P.O. Box 6603, Birmingham, B26 3PR, or Fax to 0121-742 1313 by first post on Friday. Solution and winners in the Guardian on Monday 6 February.

Across

1 God is filling a noted hole -- thinking to the contrary? (7)

5 A date of despair for Poland, cold -- and clean (7)

10 One part of a shoe (4) 11 Spreading of flu ensures

sorry feeling (10) 12 European city's action,

which may be 13 (6) 13 O such a letter? (8) 14 Bear round object that

may be 13 (9) 16 Penny spent training

here, not the full shilling (5) 17 Form of fish, a perch (5) 19 Not as much to say, as one 6? (9) 23 Certain disgraceful riots captured on film? (4-4) 24 See 27 26 Bouncer's son fettered by bit of a writer wearing a tie (6,4) 27,24 Sketch of 28, say? (4,6) 28 17 unknown, cut back, almost disappeared (7) 29 Young player getting old, clutching right thigh at kick-off? (7)

Down

2 Possible hand or paw, it could be? (3,4)

3 Top card game, toss of a coin? (5)

4 Loosely scatter half of this oath (7)

6 17 behind the times? (6) 7 Swinging crawler, not

entirely supportive of Paul, regularly pinching bottom (9) 8 Second engineer isn't against taking foot off (7) 9 Catholic among 19 converts in total forgetting biblical text relating to 1712 (13) 15 Desire topless lust after squeezing softly favourite uncle's rear (9) 18 Man on board's call for dismissal (5-2) 20 Baldie holding nerve somersaulting, as assistant in the air (2-5) 21 Summon from the grave the oldest woman to possess old Tom (7) 22 Island off Cornwall runs into what's destroying the high street? (6) 25 Tracker from the north or south? (5)

Solution No. 25,543

C ENOTAPH THEMED

HERE

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UP S T A I R S MA I L E R

B T NMA T I E

BAL LS AESTHET I C

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GOV E RNME N T A L

E S RNY T E Y

SHORT S TA F F ED

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WU R P R

T HUMB NA I L NO I S E

ETRYEASN

RA I S I N S KE L E TON

I OD

NLOE

CANCER POLYGLOT

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