The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 21st August 2000

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 21st August 2000. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Reproduction of a man's oil painting	MONALISA
AAcross 9:	Lemons and melons may come from here
AAcross 10:	Lincoln died sleeping? Apparently so
AAcross 11:	Proverbially it implies madness
AAcross 12:	Tugboat?
AAcross 14:	Christmas visitors can include one conjuror
AAcross 15:	Lose wind when seeking muddy shoal in Cheshire estuary
AAcross 17:	The sort ready to compose something impressive?
AAcross 20:	Nuts? You'll need these
AAcross 22:	Property gets one thousand short of estimate
AAcross 23:	He's against accepting royalties
AAcross 24:	A mother for the first orphan?
AAcross 25:	Tenant in the French diocese
AAcross 26:	Example set by the ancients, maybe
DDown 1:	A strapless top is a mistake on the Underground
DDown 2:	Worker provides assistance
DDown 3:	Potency of port half an hour later
DDown 4:	Old man's period for diversion
DDown 5:	Godly foe disposed to be reactionary	OLDFOGEY
DDown 6:	In error, since I'm not all-knowing
DDown 7:	She may out pantihose, but not net	SOPHIA
DDown 13:	Was it designed for handicapped drivers?
DDown 16:	Music of the Depression?	THEBLUES
DDown 18:	Charm one's way in
DDown 19:	Possibly spy on fashionable medium
DDown 21:	Smoking jacket?
DDown 22:	Hemingway or Sterne, perhaps	ERNEST
DDown 24:	Just open - so have a glass of ale