The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 28,042 – Jan 29 2020 Crossword Solution
The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 28,042 – Jan 29 2020 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A rum old collection assembled bit by bit | MODULAR |
| A tyrannical male condemned food processor | ALIMENTARYCANAL |
| Bail due for revision in hearing | AUDIBLE |
| Bare minimum of instructional books — effectively treat as one | INTHEALTOGETHER |
| Below-zero greeting? | HELLO |
| Bleak start for Doctor Foster | DREAR |
| Covert behaviour’s appropriate, though heartless | STEALTH |
| Distance from a kid climbing headland | ALOOFNESS |
| Extremely little basis for appalling narrative | CHRONICLE |
| Favourite leader’s lost weight where some US VIPs have gained stones | ARLINGTON |
| Gathering clamour breaks record | CROWD |
| Gifts of pink and yellow roses to make up? | PEACE |
| Glimpses tenor in embrace of lovelorn soprano | SIGHTINGS |
| Like badly-synced dialogue offstage? | BEHINDTHESCENES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| New acid revitalised battery | NICAD |
| Particularly reliable source of cash among sweetshop’s stock? | EXTRASTRONGMINT |
| Perceptive wife cleared out grate | SHRED |
| Powerful ray left sea bream floundering | LASERBEAM |
| Reason address fails to start? One may be drunk | RATIONALE |
| See 10 | OFFERINGS |
| See 23 | DRESSER |
| Set up a route regularly crossing one continent or two | EURASIA |
| Showcase clothing in general | KITCHEN |
| Slavonic firms on fire | COSSACK |
| Sufficient power to operate choppers | TEETH |
| There’s no end of unstable footwear | SLIPPER |
| Vassal’s superior, grand persona sent up in song | LIEGELORD |
| Vestment about to be given extravagant lining | COTTA |