The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 15th May 2001

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 15th May 2001. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Game soon involved king and queen
AAcross 8:	They bet plate-layers drop dead
AAcross 10:	It goes pear-shaped for self-centred person
AAcross 11:	The territory above a taxman's scope
AAcross 11:	The territory above a taxman's scope
AAcross 12:	In Nepal, it's a sacred language
AAcross 13:	Records found before Ezra
AAcross 14:	Big names in disarray: I cite rebels
AAcross 19:	Where they might bring back the birch?
AAcross 22:	Colour: mostly green with a hint of yellow
AAcross 23:	Free kind of house?
AAcross 24:	Exercising choice of imitation
AAcross 25:	Slander male trapped in silly lunacy
AAcross 26:	Colours moving slowly around Spain
DDown 1:	Harvester is one of the ravers
DDown 2:	One hero in domestic murder
DDown 3:	Irishman in charge of Scottish club
DDown 4:	I am almost certainly played
DDown 5:	My subject, "Wasting Time", is short-sighted
DDown 6:	Game played by heartless Greig?
DDown 9:	Lovely parks, places for shy and painted horses
DDown 15:	One big in the game, other than Pele
DDown 16:	Thin paint
DDown 17:	Club magazine
DDown 18:	Surveys about attitudes
DDown 20:	In chess, when to swop a queen isn't clear
DDown 21:	Set out to marry drunk