The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 24th July 2003

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th July 2003. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Desire to tour country is feminine
AAcross 9:	Animal finding snake in the grass
AAcross 10:	See 24
AAcross 11:	Compositor must be kind to get gelatine
AAcross 12:	Some Chinese subtract three from five to leave six, perhaps?
AAcross 14:	Abroad she captures one mammoth, about to become fit
AAcross 15:	Tenor's heart evident in doleful lament
AAcross 17:	Do house buyers find extremes in Tom Hanks' character?
AAcross 20:	For a carrier of disease, doctor's capital!
AAcross 22:	Breathe with difficulty, that's the trick
AAcross 23:	Guttersnipe on an Indian scale messin' up
AAcross 24:	Delicate stuff needed when lead wasted in game
AAcross 25:	Liquid spirits
AAcross 26:	Wine from river, that is, to throw out
DDown 1:	Perfunctory compliance unfortunately isn't OK with me
DDown 2:	Little lower, showing a bit of leg
DDown 3:	Two little boys, one made to suffer
DDown 4:	Ending in trousers, was Indian dish lacking heart a sign of appalling movement?
DDown 5:	At which cobblers, like elves, rushed
DDown 6:	Breakfast TV continuing to report?
DDown 8:	Farm machine which feeds rabbit?
DDown 13:	Sequin for embroidery soon becoming a must
DDown 16:	Cocktail made of milk, almost 75p collected for one
DDown 18:	"Dog grabbing no sleep upset" - description of a cryptic clue, perhaps?
DDown 19:	Chest, or one clearing it we hear
DDown 21:	18 full stop a question mark's carried
DDown 22:	Film director having received Oscar
DDown 24:	Bird's fleece