The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 23rd December 2003

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd December 2003. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Priest and curate outed, leading to schism
AAcross 9:	Term for Clinton without Lewinsky to begin with	HILARY
AAcross 10:	Old painter's abridged reflection
AAcross 11:	Big blow that enabled Joshua to cross the Jordan?
AAcross 12:	English apt to brew with it
AAcross 14:	A bit on the floor with a couple of girls
AAcross 15:	Invective of one caught in traffic
AAcross 17:	Conflict was about capital
AAcross 20:	Latin and French, these novels
AAcross 22:	Afghan ordered to shut up	PUSHTU
AAcross 23:	Rose gets hairdo in a state
AAcross 24:	State of bewilderment said to last a while
AAcross 25:	"Whitehall begins to take a stand" - such words are misleading
AAcross 26:	Teaches to see about accepting old money
DDown 1:	A bit about Steptoe and Son in the paper
DDown 2:	Drug used in medication? On the contrary
DDown 3:	Though not great writing, it gets published here
DDown 4:	Untidy hairdos emanating originally from old colony
DDown 5:	Old sect, first appearing important through glasses
DDown 6:	River or spring
DDown 8:	Old tool - hole could be made with it
DDown 13:	Hairdos with some style - but understatedly "cool"
DDown 16:	Monotreme with nothing on account
DDown 18:	Power to depend on rising, so he rose	WATTYLER
DDown 19:	Interest in making a name in American establishment
DDown 21:	No lime squash found on a rig
DDown 22:	Spin fever in the capital
DDown 24:	Part of Shrove Tuesday taken up with a tot