The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 26th April 2001

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th April 2001. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Guy, as we see it, is grasping
AAcross 9:	The French on a horse with a kind of crop
AAcross 10:	Have nerve and a bit of bottle
AAcross 11:	Very loud and disturbing, endless noise and natter
AAcross 12:	It takes pounds to keep one in drink, for example
AAcross 14:	Regard "key" (small isle) and "island" as distinct
AAcross 15:	Eats for a stag party?
AAcross 17:	Quite an expression of revulsion following one's volte-face
AAcross 20:	Long a head to a Greek department - reportedly a pain in the backside
AAcross 22:	Point put about English and, fittingly, by academic
AAcross 23:	Collision involving Jumbo and Harrier, say	BIRDSTRIKE
AAcross 24:	Crackjaw
AAcross 25:	Go home and go to bed!
AAcross 26:	Father and teenager at odds
DDown 1:	Card trick involving ace, the same being turned over in advance
DDown 2:	Take furtive look to observe rears
DDown 3:	Drunk? Turf out of employment!
DDown 4:	Rabid fan of pop star in frenzy
DDown 5:	Clear floor to provide area for entertainment
DDown 5:	Clear floor to provide area for entertainment
DDown 6:	That may be bent grass, eg, covering island
DDown 8:	Spot-checks English river rising fast
DDown 13:	Honest reputation succeeds in court
DDown 16:	Living with death - machinegun nests in the interior
DDown 18:	Do without a man
DDown 19:	This proverb matches putting off with one stealing time
DDown 21:	Ingroup get on well together, by the sound of it
DDown 22:	Yard under pressure, taking long time to uncover plant
DDown 24:	Beef or fish?