The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 24th December 2001

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 24th December 2001. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Shellfish extract
AAcross 4:	Publican with no end of trade
AAcross 9:	Late, but if on time, not late
AAcross 10:	Pacific islanders cash crop?
AAcross 11:	Sound sort of artist
AAcross 12:	Woman's habit is to delay; that is the end of it
AAcross 13:	What makes drips feel so pleased with their achievements?
AAcross 15:	Expresses disapproval of alcohol, say
AAcross 16:	Impudent type
AAcross 17:	Cuts off credit to Chinese food raiser
AAcross 21:	Sleeping partner maybe has scope to finish on board
AAcross 22:	Believe one wouldn't say no to this
AAcross 24:	Gets agreed damages set aside
AAcross 25:	Side winds?
AAcross 26:	Badly rusted piece of cleaning equipment
AAcross 27:	Put on weight and looked older
DDown 1:	Wind resulting from unsettled weather
DDown 2:	Help an upstanding girl	NADIA
DDown 3:	It may be caught and cooked in a pot
DDown 5:	Summing up a cleric in middle age
DDown 6:	Dismissed from the Jockey Club?	TURFEDOUT
DDown 7:	Fruit is when rain's about
DDown 8:	One is not openly menaced by them	VEILEDTHREATS
DDown 14:	Well-rounded notes in an unbeatable score	FULLMARKS
DDown 16:	One-sided support for literature
DDown 18:	Applause is praise in the orchestra section
DDown 19:	Frolicked about, showing scarlet undergarment
DDown 20:	Collide with end of bridge? A bad one might
DDown 23:	Sound as a bell