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    The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th December 2002

    There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th December 2002. View the answers below..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 1: In my own country I may have baffled rural peasant!
    AAcross 9: Boy with inclination to eat food from Cambridgeshire?
    AAcross 10: A time I get lost in navigation around foreign town
    AAcross 11: Immigrant is looking both ways across middle of sea
    AAcross 12: Old emperor in overlapping desert expedition
    AAcross 12: Old emperor in overlapping desert expedition
    AAcross 13: Removing Head of State after revolution, rule badly
    AAcross 14: Staff try to increase score without making declaration
    AAcross 15: Behind the marble facade is city brownish?
    AAcross 17: To the advantage of country, sergeant-major shows obsession with correct procedure
    AAcross 20: Astute as one is at bridge with viewers each side
    AAcross 20: Astute as one is at bridge with viewers each side
    AAcross 22: Cold? Not under blanket!
    AAcross 23: Game allowed to be endless - has the ref lost it?
    AAcross 24: Someone who used to live in the USSR won't want son in a public school
    AAcross 25: Carl's going out with the dancer - she's very young and he's this?CRADLESNATCHER
    DDown 1: Entertaining lady - see me mixing with atheists, getting among believersJESSIEMATTHEWS
    DDown 2: Different labels giving a lassie a different look
    DDown 3: Legacy from which one gets a cut - 25 quid, about
    DDown 4: Upset serviceman loses leader before victory
    DDown 5: Actress making final appearance that's no good
    DDown 6: A gentleman getting up to accommodate a foreign ladyRAISA
    DDown 7: Legislation to control activity instigated by lettersRENTACT
    DDown 8: A name - name in certain rime, possiblyANCIENTMARINER
    DDown 14: Part of the business not allowed to broaden
    DDown 16: Arrow I shot - before the start of rifles?
    DDown 17: Wide-angled like lens or codpiece?
    DDown 18: Get hot and bothered about a commie cleric onceREDDEAN
    DDown 19: Arrived before five? Almost three hours later! That's Rail for you!
    DDown 21: Just one of the hacks becoming famous?
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