The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 28th August 2003

There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th August 2003. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Hide in the grass, having got stronger
AAcross 6:	Graduate backstage gets bread roll
AAcross 9:	Sweet spice with perfect taste	PEPPERMINTCREAM
AAcross 10:	Children's author had turned left
AAcross 11:	Force hemp to be unravelled by a half-sister
AAcross 14:	When one appears in person, it's slander
AAcross 15:	Russian girl in North America at daybreak	NADYA
AAcross 16:	Sinatra label covered "Expression of Joy"
AAcross 18:	At home, mater treated foot problem
AAcross 20:	Bright foreign editor
AAcross 21:	Native South American partly incapacitated
AAcross 25:	Improperly ask Athens singer, one involved in deception
AAcross 26:	Insect caught short - it's in the corner
AAcross 27:	Manager's sharp, which is an initial advantage
DDown 1:	Swift passer-by starting to interrupt robbery
DDown 2:	Catches party where there are police
DDown 3:	Judge's attitude
DDown 4:	Womaniser loses love in Italy
DDown 5:	Do as you please! I need no baby-sitter!	DONTMINDME
DDown 6:	Bribe former worker with hesitation
DDown 7:	Covered with fat when consumed by gluttony
DDown 8:	Had sample moulded for translucent cover
DDown 8:	Had sample moulded for translucent cover
DDown 12:	Indecent film exposed in the Guardian, for example
DDown 13:	Of course this is the last hole
DDown 14:	Hors d'oeuvres make Anita spit
DDown 17:	A k-king's attentive	ALLEARS
DDown 19:	Blast makes insect hide in bracken
DDown 22:	Help hound hiding its head
DDown 23:	Doctor, one that stops a horse
DDown 24:	Personalities, for example, getting very large