The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27920 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27920 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Sep 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27920 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossAble to restore compliance at first in central banks : MEDICINAL
6-acrossHouse fixed in advance : PUTUP
9-acrossLeading Brexiteer Boris ending, unfortunately, ruling people : GOVERNINGBODIES
10-acrossBet everything Spain makes a mark in football : GOAL
11-acrossAmend E sharp bum note covers : REPHRASE
14-acrossDrunkenly outspoken, narcissistic creature in the main : SHELLFISH
15-acrossRetire, having left new regional capital : TURIN
16-acrossUse a description of cider? : APPLY
18-acrossTransparent ornaments, say, in some minimalist American music? : GLASSWORK
20-acrossMaybe scratch both sides of Hindustani hat : HANDICAP
21-acrossSee 10 : LINE
25-acrossFor yours truly, where Trump is certain to create tragedy : PROMETHEUSBOUND
26-acrossDesire what’s finally in butterfly net : YEARN
27-acrossSpy once noting criminal on edge : RIMINGTON

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Frenchman excited in ungodly place : MAGOG
2-down – Climbing, setter’s cutting palm tree branch off : DEVIATE
3-down – Caught group in army base : CORE
4-down – Slowcoach shaking off top cop : NAIL
5-down – Feller tricked about European turtle : LOGGERHEAD
6-down – Diviner Wessex girl mounted by forward man : PROPHETESS
7-down – Cryptic hint on vent into which one disappears : THINAIR
8-down – Boris: leader of party, awful sneak and rat : PASTERNAK
12-down – Ali G follows foreign character, one foolish target : CLAYPIGEON
13-down – His sentences add up to life : BIOGRAPHER
14-down – Careless friends lifted very soft grass skirts : SLAPHAPPY
17-down – Greek First Lady’s assistant straddling two gates : PANDORA
19-down – Poet cut capers in the tube : OVIDUCT
22-down – Turned around in cockney’s area of London : ENDON
23-down – Stick around American island : GUAM
24-down – About to welcome group flying in port : OBAN

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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