The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 1st April 2003

There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st April 2003. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Surprise misfortune
AAcross 1:	Surprise misfortune
AAcross 5:	Strong stem ...
AAcross 9:	... part with fruit
AAcross 10:	When the Russian lawgiver appears, they can keep cool
AAcross 11:	Trees burning at military base	ALDERSHOT
AAcross 12:	Cook greeted at Wapping on return	DELIA
AAcross 13:	Killer's in a dive when after Jack
AAcross 15:	A nude told off for revealing lumps
AAcross 18:	Fish and chips cooked with lard
AAcross 19:	Solar storm tests
AAcross 21:	Brilliance of a single amethyst
AAcross 23:	Dutchman giving shout within?
AAcross 25:	Where to wait at the BBC when on air?
AAcross 26:	Bracing air in Ohio district
AAcross 27:	Creature mocked in the soup kitchen
AAcross 28:	The jumper's way of saying "Neigh!"
DDown 1:	A bluebird? No! One in exaltation
DDown 2:	Hard drudgery could be mild later
DDown 3:	Computer used in the Hickstead Derby
DDown 4:	He once recruited someone to work for the Aga
DDown 5:	These letters can appear in paper
DDown 6:	A Lima lord battling for this protected species
DDown 7:	Alan's manufactured part of helmet
DDown 8:	A home economist?
DDown 14:	A helper worried about me only for one day?
DDown 16:	Breaker of secret recording failure
DDown 17:	The fall of Niobe?
DDown 18:	Call for a National Theatre show
DDown 20:	Dreamlike change in rural Southeast
DDown 22:	An apple taken off a tree
DDown 23:	Dances round in rings
DDown 24:	A fool switched to cold