The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 28,565 – Oct 1 2021 Crossword Solution
The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 28,565 – Oct 1 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Bohemian learner joining a foreign religious house on holy island | UNCONVENTIONAL |
| Conservative meeting leading bosses — are there skeletons hiding here? | CUPBOARD |
| Cut back on iron? | DECREASE |
| Downtrodden worker keeping a promise | PAROLE |
| First of all, horses must be given numbers | AMOUNTS |
| Good knight with lot lost, hit on the field | GLANCE |
| Grander lie broadcast by chief villain | RINGLEADER |
| Harry is safe — son’s in hiding | PESTER |
| Man of class, maybe English, with old money and gold | EDUCATOR |
| Most in French resort upset during holiday? One should minimise health risk | VACCINATION |
| Not all bowling at Edgbaston will get a wicket? | GATE |
| One left in workplace after final day is all right | SATISFACTORILY |
| One with fifty occupying beach, say, in Ibiza? | ISLAND |
| Only off when mad dogs go out? | NOON |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Open Voltaire’s work — don’t close it | CANDID |
| Party with yob carrying drug to distribute | DOLEOUT |
| Performers walk in the auditorium | TROUPE |
| Pound troy — half-forgotten weight | TROUNCE |
| Service just the same, no good | EVENSONG |
| Skill needing to keep working in male community | MONASTERY |
| Soldier keeps to rules I lay down | REGULATOR |
| The driving idea originally conjured up for supposed royal prerogative | DIVINERIGHT |
| Top clue cunningly constructed? This one is word-wise! | OCTUPLE |
| Trench in meadow ending with silt | LEAT |
| Unhappy fellow ‘gutted’, we hear? Support found in church | MISERICORD |
| Vehement cheat — PM, I fancy | EMPHATIC |
| What’s loud has listener showing anxiety | FEAR |
| You once linked with doing nothing may be giving up | YIELDING |
