The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 4th April 2003

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 4th April 2003. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Far from tender attending vessel in distress...
AAcross 9:	... a tender with hospital aboard, but not at sea
AAcross 10:	Fruit provided by Blake Edwards
AAcross 11:	Novel piece of furniture, externally unadorned, with three middle drawers	BARCHESTER
AAcross 12:	See 11
AAcross 14:	Rash idea formulated by idiots
AAcross 15:	Wrong about Soviet lead, Bolshevik ultimately meeting untimely end
AAcross 17:	Insect taking cover, retreating from swallow
AAcross 20:	Effect reconciliation - or affect it?	MAKEITUP
AAcross 22:	Venerable saint's taken outside with composer and dramatist
AAcross 23:	See 22
AAcross 24:	Island of Jakarta's first lady
AAcross 25:	Note smuggled into prison cited as evidence
AAcross 26:	Get smart tree at university
DDown 1:	Clandestine move for bad crook
DDown 1:	Clandestine move for bad crook
DDown 2:	Plugs, so to speak, for a shaver
DDown 3:	Itinerant has second thoughts about moon
DDown 4:	Pole has to beat Greek
DDown 5:	Veteran who rears in action?
DDown 6:	Teaching a lesson in front of class making rapid progress
DDown 7:	Devil-dodger finally buried in "The Loved One"
DDown 13:	New term is about those concerned not with means but with ends?
DDown 16:	What's missing from book title? Small insects
DDown 18:	Mount several to use up against one American
DDown 19:	Conciliate a parish priest with creature comforts
DDown 21:	Start of play: letter from abroad about battle
DDown 22:	Material that's new in marketplace
DDown 24:	Means of raising a flag