The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 17th October 2002

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th October 2002. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Jane has a beat in central London
AAcross 5:	It's paid to free memory (solution included)
AAcross 9:	Roger upset 5 - it comes down heavily
AAcross 11:	Kind of store you can have tea in
AAcross 12:	Landing gear's collapsed - it could mean trouble	DANGERSIGNAL
AAcross 15:	Teaching given by the church is loaded
AAcross 16:	It's cunning to carry a weapon with a loud noise
AAcross 18:	Kitchen equipment can be a great success, say in pine perhaps
AAcross 19:	Actor's grim speech
AAcross 21:	Form of story given in journal to distract attention
AAcross 24:	Force back brute after a fashion
AAcross 25:	River crustacean the French find dreadful?
AAcross 26:	Harvests from seeds, say
AAcross 27:	Contour shows mother is getting a spread
DDown 1:	Parson's remedy
DDown 2:	Joint far from Paris
DDown 3:	Fell on the motorway, causing an accident
DDown 4:	Blair's "Intellectual Filth"	THOUGHTPOLICE
DDown 6:	Save 15 items for the records
DDown 7:	All-male race makes for a lack of progress
DDown 8:	Coal seams providing naval units
DDown 10:	Motor manufacturer ends car production - they have to use their feet	MORRISDANCERS
DDown 13:	Royal race in China	CROWNDERBY
DDown 14:	If you get it, it must be so
DDown 17:	Hidden Greek island, but Roman captured it
DDown 20:	Sailor and artist climb the mountain
DDown 22:	Poet having gone short of books	ABSE
DDown 23:	Papers that get a bigger bore