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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st December 2017

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st December 2017. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Joe wanders around lavish old city
AAcross 5: Swimmer to open Guinness bottles
AAcross 9: Criminal act caught out after strong drink
AAcross 10: Prior calculations of stars orbiting around Earth by the 100
AAcross 11: "Muslim leaders reject onion" — sure that's the answer?
AAcross 12: Team follows reserves by car
AAcross 14: Indian flower scared to travel a great deal with us
AAcross 18: Original one gave a mint to chew around lunchtime
AAcross 21: Disco suit
AAcross 22: Like a cup, Mr, of icy lacquer? Some sent back
AAcross 25: Maybe too much salt is dangerous
AAcross 26: Cancel book — it's missing second page
AAcross 27: Vehicle reverses by king, queen and huntsman
AAcross 28: Short newspaper item on blown-up air-beds
DDown 1: Great deliveries of orangesJAFFAS
DDown 2: Keen to pirouette over good music
DDown 3: "Ban porn and chess!", I raged
DDown 4: US labour leader once blowing his top over large amount of waste
DDown 5: Father is cheater, surprisingly, but not at board game
DDown 6: No 1 church in France?
DDown 7: Social climbers at college have quiche during the weekend
DDown 8: Most awful new wine is French
DDown 13: Trouble brewing not to get one group honourBLUERIBAND
DDown 15: Quality tea time during a competition run
DDown 16: Noble's wayward cousin hugged by retired transvestite
DDown 17: 1980 pop song, sung to grandmother
DDown 19: To socialise, tramp hugs knight and bishop
DDown 20: One walking, one talking without end
DDown 23: Get up — finally Christmas! Too busy to play with toysYOYOS
DDown 24: Poet not at home to have fun
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