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The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 17th April 2001
There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th April 2001. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: New topic: strange sticks!
AAcross 5: See 1 Across
AAcross 9: Windbreak conceals marshy land in front of church
AAcross 10: What Billy Bunter had in cycle cape
AAcross 11: Love poem's unfinished: to an unpleasant person it's all too much
AAcross 12: Small radiator touching two spokes
AAcross 13: Bound to keep lady covered in the bathroom?
AAcross 15: Lorna's bum's different and undeveloped
AAcross 18: Nearly retreat, knowing how ugly sisters behave?
AAcross 19: Boredom for everyone taken in by half-feminine dancing
AAcross 21: Rushes of wind make Augustus join retiring saint
AAcross 23: Flour's sprinkled round street, which is sad
AAcross 25: Inaccuracy is included in note for bully
AAcross 26: Also-ran won't start to get closer
AAcross 27: Cause of envy and contention, messing up cradle with food pipsAPPLEOF
AAcross 28: See 27 Across
DDown 1: It's paid in advance, standing on the promenade
DDown 2: In the doghouse with Kenneth, Eleanor and the editor
DDown 3: Chaps breaking very large signs
DDown 4: Beautiful youth makes cassis run all over the place
DDown 5: Bad-tempered person has twist round top of head
DDown 6: Lightly cooked, so left holding back some wine
DDown 7: Walk, having time to understand
DDown 8: She can't say 'No'YESGIRL
DDown 14: Leave out, namely, a single griddle-cake
DDown 16: Partner, by concealing ring, meets objective after Friday
DDown 17: Statement of inmates altered
DDown 18: Meal had off tailless duck
DDown 20: Discourteous and unhealthy king's asleep!
DDown 22: Drink to hide your excessive sentimentality
DDown 23: Female suits made up to be formal
DDown 24: Go back, Leslie, with eyes like a flirt!