Cryptic crossword No 30161 features clues about rainwater tubes
The Guardian published Cryptic crossword No 30161 on Tuesday featuring a clue about a tube carrying rainwater.
Clues appear in the grid
The puzzle contains an eight-letter answer for the first across clue regarding a tube. A six-letter answer appears in the fifth across slot for a leader from Gujarat. The ninth across asks for a seven-letter theatre production opening in a new capital. Clue ten seeks a seven-letter Shakespearean character making a miscalculation at the end.
More answers fill the grid
An eleven-letter clue describes a blooming fast car while clue twelve involves a cat sound. Thirteen across requires two six-letter words for a gormless fashion leader wearing subtle clothes. Clue seventeen asks for resistance between fluid and solid in four and eight letter parts. The twentieth across presents a nine-letter questionable text with an unknown inscription.
Further clues complete the page
Clue twenty-two targets a five-letter arm of a supine competitor within the grandstand. The twenty-third across seeks a seven-letter tail behind the first spectator in the stands. Clue twenty-four asks for time in profit after speculation with capital spent in seven letters. The final clue twenty-six requests an eight-letter term for Tuesday nights originally created for rocking.
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