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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword 23 December 2021 Answers

Please find below all the The Guardian Cryptic Crossword 23 December 2021 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (23 December 2021) has a total of 32 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

Statue, for example, friend of 26 across returned (5)
Tours in France, say — plane came with parts around middle switched (5,4)
Some travel guides in his language for philosopher (9)
Savoir faire includes the writer being understood (5)
Express statements of resistance in French and English (3-4)
Caught bringing in line put out (7)
See 5
See 24
See 8
Has turned over pages, one chapter relating to poetess (7)
Author understands what 7 had in 1 (7)
Eg including this artist is superficially damaging (5)
Source of information that bears fruit (9)
One of those points of great danger heroic Frenchman's between (9)
Dance club we left, returning after band's performance (5)
Pay attention to theme of this puzzle (4)
Composer and artist traversing the way from Paris to Marseilles (8)
Centre half in home game is fab (4)
Grave statements, perhaps wrong (not right) about it (8)
Reformulation of René's adroit justification for existence (6,5)
Blight on the plant? This needs fencing (10)
Mathematician contributing to group as calculator (6)
How 7, 11 or 26 across might have announced his resignation? (4,2,3)
Uncovered figures like 14 in hundreds — every second (5)
Heartless old Tory interrupting man who repairs sculpture (3,7)
Drives without a third and second gear (5)
Graphic artist who often shows latitude at work? (8)
Compete over parts in theatre — one gets them in shows (8)
Kind of speech I had given shortly after power drink (6)
5 17 for 11? (6,4,3)
Part of friendship that meant nothing to 7, 11, or 26 (4)
Weapon European repeatedly used, seizing power (4)

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 32 clues in the 23 December 2021 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is SUM which contains 3 Characters.
  • See 24 is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is PENTATHLON which contains 10 Characters.
  • Blight on the plant? This needs fencing (10) is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 23 December 2021 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle are B,F,J,Q,X,Y,Z