The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 28,972 – Jan 20 2023
The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 28,972 – Jan 20 2023
Clues | Answers |
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3 writer? Yes, working through pages | PEPYS |
Awfully cosy when meeting power, hard workers who toady | SYCOPHANTS |
Defeated female, corrosive influence getting told off | FRUSTRATED |
Doing brilliantly, confronting leader to be deposed | ACING |
First woman almost to register as competitive rider | EVENTER |
Graduate makes a case, penning short excuse | CALIBRATE |
Having received audible jeer, escaped totally exhausted | FRAZZLED |
Hormone? My mood is being restricted | CORTISONE |
I travel into place to have a hearty meal | PIGOUT |
Illness? One must get up minimally, obeying instructions | COMPLIANT |
Incomer by ground that has yet to be developed | EMBRYONIC |
It’s dull outside, terribly | TEDIOUS |
Love to examine old language | OSCAN |
Man given new life to be idle, mostly before a short dash | LAZARUS |
Clues | Answers |
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Old flyers going round in game | FARO |
Old garment no good? Smart and hot! | TOASTING |
One bit of a plant another duck’s destroyed | ANTHER |
Philosopher bites back, cross about article | SPINOZA |
Prisoners, kind to get locked in as mates | CONSORTS |
Record year with help having been set up | DIARY |
Sends up meals to two opponents at table | TEASES |
Sightseer: gentleman about to be taken in by spiv? | TOURIST |
Stones number one track changes here | PITSTOP |
Two companions outside historic city chapel? | CHURCH |
Welsh town’s fashion, not posh | MOLD |
What garden centres sell? There’s fuss over British Standards | POTHERBS |
Wild gang proceeds on a run hampered by stuff carried | EGGANDSPOONRACE |
Yours truly’s limited by nasty antisocial act is getting used to things | ACCLIMATISATION |