Guardian cryptic crossword Easter prize jigsaw
No 27,172 set by Maskarade
Clues are in the alphabetical order of
their solutions, which should be entered
jigsaw-wise in the grid, as they will fit.
For each initial letter, one of the solutions, with no further definition in its
clue, is part of a theme: 13 forming one
group and the other 13 a closely associated one. Four solutions from one group
must be paired with four from the other
before entry in the grid. The thematic D
clue is for an across solution.
A Could be Cooper’s group inside
with ribbons (5,5)
Miserere composer cut old
movement (7)
We may be involved with saga
about matches on the road (4,5)
B Mallet for Stalky’s friend for sort
of drive (6)
Charm escort around college (7)
C Far out — for certain, adrift (7)
Serving up some ripe Romano
cheese, lovingly (3,5)
Catch one prize for crew member
(2-5)
D Holiday area from in France and
Germany (5)
Vague Greenlander turning tail,
close to decrease (10)
E Rapturous state commander-inchief ordered (8)
Some crotchety pensioner (1-4)
F Crossing out middle of preface
(4)
All the stops pulled out, getting
drunk with music maker (4,5)
G Heartless dashing young fellow
or young female worker (6)
Sounds like something fishy in
wooded glen (5)
H Spa treatment from male
advertising to many on time (4,7)
One of the Covenanters, but not
one from the plains? (7)
I I am beginning to preen and
mend feathers (3)
Peaceful girl, alluring one,
topless at end of promenade (5)
J There’s a note about the rain (6)
More than half the court seen on
Passion Sunday (6)
K Knight accepts revised date (6)
Sets make King and I production
a great musical (4,2,4)
L Position inducing indolence (5)
Rude hallo I might produce? (10)
M Was wrong putting sheaves by
motorway (7)
Farah off with English — that’s
dull (8)
Folk dance boy suggests (6)
N Exotic maturation at US
swimming pool (10)
Notes swapped in hut (6)
O Somewhat hopeless (4)
East German touring plant in
West Yorkshire town (6)
P Well done to the Greeks, getting
inside deep hole in limestone
country (7)
Constant price set for Caroline?
(6,5)
Q His involvement with two
question and answer forms (7)
Ancient chariot at court? Capital!
(8)
R Stop! Badly hurt in Cornish town
(7)
Lunar explorer — one from
Blackburn? (5)
S He’s prepared to learn nautical skills at Home Counties race
course, donning uniform (3,5)
Seating that is backed by little
chap with pastries left out for
Henry (4,6)
Start to shoot with short camera
(5)
T Old hound — little fellow — about
a pound (6)
Rush all over the place, smashing
a tabouret (4,5)
U They ignored poor, unhealthy old
cavalryman (5)
Turns on regularly (3)
V Very wrong about pop group (5)
Loudly call number, if there’s
time, during election (10)
W Audible lament is very large (5)
Upset, sickly looking, having
eaten sausage skins (8)
X African ground squirrels,
unknown, certain to return (5)
Surfeit, reportedly, to an artist (5)
Y Flower is some eye-opener (3)
Openers from Yorkshire entertain
the Indians (4)
Z Signs of the cross with acid all
over the place (6)
Wild dog that’s masked on film
(5)
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Entries to: The Guardian Crossword No 27,172, P.O. Box 6603, Birmingham, B26 3PR
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