The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th December 2000

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th December 2000. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Prestige of cat having swallowed half the cheese
AAcross 4:	Bones, not leeks, cooked
AAcross 9:	I'm awkward - and in record time
AAcross 10:	Tatty cabin connected with a lot of plant study
AAcross 11:	Gregarious prisoners?
AAcross 12:	Golfer tucked into offal doubtfully	FALDO
AAcross 13:	Naughtiness in bed is remedied with codeine
AAcross 17:	Smoothing bodice and skirt for formal wear
AAcross 20:	Exposed headless pigeon
AAcross 21:	US writer moved round on her what?
AAcross 23:	Panel smash dry jar with gun
AAcross 24:	Award for Ulysses
AAcross 25:	He makes an offer more loving and gentle
AAcross 26:	Folk-tale preserved, for example, in advance
DDown 1:	Agree to give money to the party, we hear
DDown 2:	Crack about investor sent back to the Home Counties
DDown 3:	Each depleted football team wasted away
DDown 5:	Illustrator redraws Yankee with a wet rag	KATEGREENAWAY
DDown 6:	Dismal as a crocodile?
DDown 7:	Try Calvin Klein tops made in yarn
DDown 8:	Lady Hamilton's hold?
DDown 10:	For residents getting on socks outside university
DDown 10:	For residents getting on socks outside university
DDown 14:	Noted economist, a lady, cuts into card-game
DDown 15:	Remove excess fat from a salmon's head in class
DDown 16:	A lock-up Edward maintained
DDown 18:	Procured branch on treetop
DDown 19:	Separate tax
DDown 22:	Tory politician keeps silver in the shade	HAGUE