A Conversation for Cryptic Crossword Issue 002
Cryptic Crossword Answers
six7s Started conversation Mar 2, 2003
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1 Across: Uncle gets a degree for a dance (5)
Samba
1 Down: Test air for layers (7)
Striate
2 Down: Foggy weather is found in the mountains (5)
Misty
3 Down: Unruly race for land (4)
Acre
4 Down: Obstructs and sections cattle without a GuideML bulleted list (6)
Blocks
5 Across: Used without candy for dental care (5)
Floss
5 Down: The ultimate answer (5,3)
Forty Two
6 Down: Neither inside nor a way out (7)
Outdoor
7 Down: Little Spike Milligan joined a 50/50 deal (5)
Small
8 Across: Instrument gets celibate lovers going(5)
Cello
9 Across: Uplifting as knight reverses in front of queen (5)
Riser
10 Across: Don't eat it, drink it (3)
Tea
11 Across: Thrilled with Tex iced to perfection (7)
Excited
12 Across: Extra in unusual song and dance routine (4)
Also
13 Down: Larry was an old British entertainer decorated by the queen (3)
OBE
14 Across: The essence of the spoils of war (3)
Oil
15 Across: Abode with all the charm of French toilets (6)
Bedsit
16 Down: Time and the marten could be wiped out (8)
Erasable
17 Across: European capital gets cider after 100 are out for a duck (5)
Eider
18 Down: Dire DNA reading leaves one feeling dehydrated (7)
Drained
19 Across: Could be better and begins worryingly heading towards 135 degrees (5)
Worse
20 Down: Individual focused dishonestly (3)
One
21 Down: A cowboy film as viewed from Hawaii (7)
Eastern
22 Across: I go in to NW London area for court proceedings(6)
Action
23 Down: Dry like a mixture of bronze and gold (6)
Thirst
24 Across: A time from her adolescence (3)
Era
24 Down: Return and go in (5)
Enter
25 Across: Disputed first place with the chickens (4)
Eggs
26 Down: Leaving concealed by dingo ingratitude (5)
Going
27 Across: Emphasised like Mina, Jimster, Ashley et al (7)
Italics
28 Down: Delusions of grandeur forfeits you from the bonus reversal (4)
Snob
29 Across: Imperial heavyweight from Hampton Court (3)
Ton
30 Across: Sound of an optical and olfactory receptor combined (5)
Noise
31 Across: Use rope to snare a loss (5)
Lasso
32 Across: Spine from a horrid German (5)
Ridge
33 Across: Start a binge that gets messy (5)
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