The Guardian Weekly (2022-01-14)

14 January 2022 The Guardian Weekly

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13 Hitchcock film sure to follow interval (10)

14 Doctor met diarist to make superficial

complaint (10)

16 Rising when expected, I subsequently hit back

(9)

21 Dad chopping tree up for timber (5)

22 Serving men very roughly (2,2)

23 Defence ultimately presented by bank

employee (4)

Fill in the grid so

that every row,

every column

and every 3x3

box contains the

numbers 1 to 9.

Last week’s solution

6 Bawdy (9)

7 Metal dump? (9)

11 Great surprise (9)

12 Cocktail made with tequila and

citrus fruit juice (9)

13 Cursed (5)

14 Relating to warships (5)

18 Copper and tin alloy (6)

19 Merry (6)

22 Food shop (abbr) (4)

23 Giant who likes to eat humans

(4)

Across

1 Religious belief – felt a fire

(anag) (9)

8 Kind of brandy made from

pressed grape skins (4)

9 Traditional square dance for

four or more couples (9)

10 Collection of facts (4)

13 Surround restrictively (3,2)

15 One given to complaining (6)

16 Neglectfulness (6)

17 Croatian capital (6)

19 Large spotted feline (6)

20 Slaver (5)

21 Additional amount (4)

24 Precarious (but sharply defined)

boundary line! (5-4)

25 Remaining after deductions (4)

26 Happening at opportune

moment (4-5)

Down

2 Flow – discharge (4)

3 Do these justify the means? (4)

4 Hang about, wasting time (6)

5 Complete successfully (6)

Solution No 16,112

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Across
1 Part-time ambassador, having to do
housework, failed (3,3,4)
6 Exchange of prisoners rejected (4)
9 Dissolute master joining ship that’s changed
sides (10)
10 Works poorly after end of term (4)
12 Proposing eco-friendly links, to some extent?
(7,5)
15 Brewing empire’s leading wine opened first
(9)
17 Recalled part of Wagnerian opera being
broadcast (2,3)
18 Secondary proposition from man docked on
lunar module (5)
19 Manchester ground not cameraman’s last
picture (3,6)
20 Merlot best in mixed drinks (6,6)
24 Doing less than (2,2)
25 Horse died – Sue admits boundless regret
(6,4)
26 The necessary spot of sweetener in tonic (4)
27 Plant grew further behind ditch (6,4)

Down
1 Snack bar’s offering primarily beans and pork
sausages (4)
2 Change of heart in right-wing city of old (4)
3 Achilles’ aunt in play sees visions (12)
4 Any number have a liking for sex (5)
5 Assault force becoming excited (3,2,4)
7 Clear standard breached by training policy
proposals by government (5,5)
8 Daughter invested in Italian china,
apparently, for mum or dad? (10)
11 How old prisoner is transported, when one
can agree to act (3,2,7)

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Solution No 28,639

Quick crossword

The Weekly cryptic



All solutions published next week

By Nutmeg

Sudoku

Hard

No 28,645

No 16,118

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