The Guardian Cryptic October 19th 2007 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

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Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 27 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Lock given order to be quiet! (4,2)
Burden on shoulders of scrum-half, say, and forwards (8)
Passage of play after instant opening lets me in (8)
Where scrum-half's expertise lies, by the way (2,7)
Pulling in direction of player on side (6)
About to enter the area of town centre, perhaps (12)
Players in front row, say, of small musical group (4)
Fantastic crowd puller? Not half! (5,3)
Where 8 goes (as roughly depicted) when one's temporarily not working? (7,3,5)
Extremely poor English side, awfully restricted in score (8)
One insect after another buzzing round head of hooker, huge fellow (8)
Fine player that contributes significantly to result (6)
Player essential in pack for power (4)
Fruits of careful intensive training initially with stratagems (8)
Arguing with referee extremely unwise, ultimately - don't show dissent (5)
Dramatic and inspiring performances, specially with arm broken (7,5)
Strength shown by guy in red under pressure (5)
25 to 22 as result of this conversion (6)
Hurt repeatedly as part of approaches coaches used (4)
Position man in back row at start of game for scrum, say (3,5)
Change that's passed over the bar, as seen here (10)
After a time, leads on tries (8)
In which oval object is passed around in play (6)
Do something in scrum, resulting in punch (4)
Peter with men in resort, having no match (3-7)
Value of three goals in this game (6-3)
Literary work of American author on success in rugby (6)

October 19th 2007 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers