Guardian Cryptic Crossword #22783

Guardian Cryptic · 28 clues with answers and explanations · 2003-03-20

Explanations sourced from Fifteensquared

1 Showing anxiety relating to understanding (12)

Answer

APPREHENSIVE
2 Takes advance payments to include pamphlet (9)

Def

Takes

Answer

SUBTRACTS
3 Stylish thrash (5)

Def

Stylish

Answer

SWISH
4 Kind of NUS files hard to unravel (9)

Def

Kind

Type

Anagram, Charade

Expl

anagram of NUSFILES ("NUS files") + H (abbreviation of "hard") [anagram: "unravel"] = UNSELFISH; definition: "Kind"

Answer

UNSELFISH
5 We hear the side is to come down heavily (4)

Def

come down heavily

Type

Homophone

Expl

TEEM (sounds like "side") [homophone: "We hear"]; definition: "come down heavily"

Answer

TEEM
6 Earn money in preparation for printing (4-5)

Answer

MAKEREADY
7 Number wearing old garment seen in the South Pacific (5)

Answer

TONGA
9 One used to avoid getting the ticket (7,5)

Def

One

Answer

PARKINGMETER
13 Broadcaster ran out without part of speech on the Church (9)

Answer

ANNOUNCER
14 Persistent cautions and police finally move (9)

Def

Persistent

Answer

TENACIOUS
16 Simultaneously make good and raise issue (2,3,4)

Answer

ATONETIME
20 Band thrown up in cooler, lacking a leader (5)

Def

Band

Answer

RIDGE
22 Rag? Worthless stuff! (5)

Def

Worthless stuff!

Answer

CHAFF
23 Spot of inflammation I saw in speech (4)

Def

Spot

Answer

STYE