The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 14th June 2000

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 14th June 2000. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Scratch the match
AAcross 5:	Shock features about dress
AAcross 9:	To reach this steep
AAcross 10:	Yellow's right in the firing line
AAcross 11:	Prove bad debtor's beat
AAcross 12:	Put tight cover on ex-PM in quarters
AAcross 14:	True alloy's mixed
AAcross 15:	Boat-building, say?
AAcross 16:	Riot at charges to get in?
AAcross 16:	Riot at charges to get in?
AAcross 18:	A circular unit's housing 100 idyllic peasants
AAcross 21:	Popular urban retreat - fields in the country
AAcross 22:	What O is, if M is head of MI5?
AAcross 23:	Cosh used to provide protection
AAcross 24:	Opening base sounds truly brilliant
DDown 1:	Supple plant written up in fiction
DDown 2:	Beasts trap Charlie Chan (about 100, all-in)	CATCHASCATCHCAN
DDown 3:	Stuffing's knocked out of meercat
DDown 4:	Say, one to five in operation
DDown 5:	A sound declaration of intended reconciliation
DDown 6:	Cub takes work that arises by itself
DDown 7:	Subject of engineer's line drawing?	RAILWAYCARRIAGE
DDown 8:	Coming after a little opening to the side
DDown 13:	Material's insulation value to grill	TOGRATING
DDown 14:	'E's out to leach rye meal of drops
DDown 15:	Short description of Princess Anne's body?
DDown 17:	Billieês recess
DDown 19:	1Bow welcoming Orient's rising star
DDown 20:	Swipes hose