[tomtom]

Me, Nai and 3T have been occasionally working on this over the last few weeks. It may well take some of you only 5 min - I'm not sure!

Guidelines are:
1. Please don't spray the answers on here until Boxing day.
2. Message me the right answers (next to the clues) and first might win a prize if (a) Shark reads this and (b) wants to dontate one (that means I've not asked him yet... UKB T shirt perhaps?? hint hint?)
3. Some clues are cryptic, some are anagrams, some are neither. Some may be moderately offensive/satirical - but hey! Its UKB

Enjoy - and happy Christmas all!!



https://imgur.com/gallery/YYEjtbS

Across
1. tiresome criss cross (7,5)
4. Squeal piggy squeal! (11)
7. is band of reservists helpful information (4)
10. Lethargic lifter (7,2,3,4)
13. Functioning? (5)
15. This arete is a real Beech! (5,9)
16. Shark Climbs the Oak!
19. curtailed house warming gives result of stacked pads (
20. Uneatable info about everyone's favourite destination. (13)
21. singular velcro temps(5,6)
24. Mighty tome from lithogenous beadwork (5,5,9)
25. not a sheep! (6)

Down
2. F**cking porcelain (7,5)
3. A mad radon! (4,5)
5. rear circumnavigation after digital broadcast (4,6)
6. Baslow grimpeur assumes extreme position on geography
7. A grand monster artisans market (10, 3,
8. Clean up after yourself, or you’ll get a bullseye rash (
9. not a cow! (5)
11. the escalating nature of beta (6)
12. Pete Close paces backwards (6)
14. Holding up well against the dollar
17. Evading 5-0 without 5-10 (6)
18. friend before cat without feet (6)
22. It’s not easy at the Gop shorty! (5,4)
23. excuse me, where do I find the path to the oldest city in the world? (7,4)

[lagerstarfish]

is meant to be 8 )

(for those who have smilies switched on)

[36chambers]

I got one!

[tomtom]

I got one!

👍👍

[shark]

2. Message me the right answers (next to the clues) and first might win a prize if (a) Shark reads this and (b) wants to dontate one (that means I've not asked him yet... UKB T shirt perhaps?? hint hint?)

 

[36chambers]

I got one!

still on one and I think I've just realised that I don't like crosswords. Allez.

edit: but good work regardless

[tomtom]

In case you hadn’t guessed, all the answers are related to climbing and the odd one to UKB

[shark]

I’ve got 3 but obviously not 16 across (despite a lot of advice)

[Duma]

Is 16A all one word? Similarly for 6D and14D?

[tomtom]

Is 16A all one word? Similarly for 6D and14D?

Damn - crossword maker has trimmed off some of the formatting at the end of lines.

16 A is (9,7)
6D is one word.
14 D is debatable but I’d say one. 

[Duma]

Ta. Is 8D debatable too?

[Will Hunt]

 If you're wondering whether you've got 8D right you probably haven't got it right.

[Duma]

I'm not wondering, I just think it could be 2 words.

2D - either typo in word lengths or grid is wrong??

[tomtom]

I'm not wondering, I just think it could be 2 words.

2D - either typo in word lengths or grid is wrong??

Yup. 7,6 not 7,5. Apols. I’d Better not give up the day job eh!

I should have put in Festering Spunkpit as one of the clues... hit enter too soon

[GraemeA]

Is 16A all one word? Similarly for 6D and14D?

Surely 16 across is a song by EMF

[tomtom]

Is 16A all one word? Similarly for 6D and14D?

Surely 16 across is a song by EMF

Right here right now? 😂 or the other one...

[tlr]

Blimey, that's a lot of unches!

Done a dozen, but not sure I'll get many more.

[tomtom]

Blimey, that's a lot of unches!

Done a dozen, but not sure I'll get many more.

Effort. There’s a few anagrams in there...

[highrepute]

Blimey, that's a lot of unches!

Done a dozen, but not sure I'll get many more.

Effort. There’s a few anagrams in there...

That helped

[lagerstarfish]

Ta. Is 8D debatable too?

yes, could be thought of as two words

[fatneck]

Great idea!!! Nice one lids 

[tomtom]

I’ve not had any mail yet.. so no one has managed it yet...

Or PM’s are ferked :D

[Steve R]

Still miles off, it's desperate.  Fun trying though, thanks.

[highrepute]

Yeah it's hard. Got about dozen after quite a lot of thinking and help from my more intelligent partner

[36chambers]

With the help of the GF and my dad I'm finally on 4. Got the Shark one though so I'm happy about that

I've finally googled how to solve cryptic crosswords so hoping to be on 5 by the end of the day.

update: just got the 5th. The floodgates are open.