The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 13th December 2002

There are 12 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th December 2002. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 4:	Bird taken out to lunch?
AAcross 6:	Put up with what may be hard or cold
AAcross 9:	Little time this time, a waste of time if caught?
AAcross 10:	Black person's style in broadcast by waves?
AAcross 11:	Albert Steptoe - might I be told I'm randy?
AAcross 15:	Women bath us in a lather where clothes should be done
AAcross 17:	Concubine offering fruit
AAcross 18:	As if by magic, bounder finds something to unfasten either side of him
AAcross 22:	Fruit containing smashed mineral
AAcross 23:	Horse, non-starter, eating cold fruit
AAcross 24:	Application of light, result of flashing?
AAcross 25:	Fluid - a sample endlessly being circulated
DDown 1:	Settlement: yours initially
DDown 2:	Use them in composition, so it's notepaper
DDown 3:	Having taken drugs, swimmer's assistant is in a state for the sporting climax
DDown 4:	7 Paul Jones' partner into scam
DDown 4:	7 Paul Jones' partner into scam
DDown 5:	Liberal Democrat money goes to the right first
DDown 7:	A taste of relegation
DDown 8:	Give a rocket speed
DDown 12:	Wherein litmus may be a choice between red and blue?
DDown 13:	Swab soiled by somebody's surgeon
DDown 14:	Dance with goddess around a bar
DDown 16:	Leaves from here with trains on time
DDown 19:	Social security in social security (social security in social security)
DDown 20:	Ill defined? Ill-defined a non-starter
DDown 21:	Temporary settlement affected