The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 24th April 2002

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 24th April 2002. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	12 and 11's what the NHS provides
AAcross 5:	12 and 11's - understand? - a debtors' prison
AAcross 9:	See 5	THEFLEET
AAcross 10:	12 and 11's gone to the pub, it doesn''t say where
AAcross 12:	Dancer and journalist held by dreadlocked sectary during shooting
AAcross 15:	Share of punishment?
AAcross 17:	Pole with gong hiding among the bedclothes?
AAcross 18:	Person of ideas: the alternative is HM
AAcross 19:	All about nothing with one to finish, as they say
AAcross 20:	Possibly Jasper National Park
AAcross 24:	Richard's pipes?
AAcross 25:	Champion of women has Tracey in hand
AAcross 26:	Electronically summons student among similar sounds
AAcross 27:	Islands disturbing lagoon where magnetic is not true
DDown 1:	Disinherit youngster when upper-class humorist, getting a bit of a laugh, came in and died	CUTOFFWITH
DDown 2:	Sir Alec was to dance with Madame Peron, also Mr Heath
DDown 3:	Went down with a guy
DDown 4:	Take the trouble to note reflexes, perhaps	EXERTONESELF
DDown 6:	Liftman keeps registered choices for procreation of snails
DDown 7:	The French take little time at the oven
DDown 8:	T is for Tyler, according to the inventor
DDown 11:	Dancer and spirit wander in - depart for French department
DDown 13:	Engine for crazy poet
DDown 14:	Limited one sort of surgeon - that's by the way
DDown 16:	For overhead security the king and I take the limits of Barnaby and his raven	KIRBYGRIP
DDown 21:	12 and 11's second side on the clock?
DDown 22:	See 1	ABOB
DDown 23:	See 21