The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 20th August 2004

There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th August 2004. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Sweet that's lavish in nuts	BANANAFRITTERS
AAcross 8:	Empty university accommodation finally gets grant
AAcross 9:	Adore old ruin in the land of opportunity
AAcross 9:	Adore old ruin in the land of opportunity
AAcross 11:	Cure Rex after defeat
AAcross 12:	Our dean composed a poem
AAcross 13:	Bears note for dispatch
AAcross 15:	Time to study philosopher? That's dreary!
AAcross 17:	Show venue close to centre of constable's beat
AAcross 17:	Show venue close to centre of constable's beat
AAcross 20:	Rear small bird
AAcross 21:	Noble queen toured island previously
AAcross 23:	Brute captures good old sentry
AAcross 23:	Brute captures good old sentry
AAcross 25:	Try Leeds converted generated new manner
AAcross 26:	Weaken when losing pounds in Germany
AAcross 27:	Jumping hedges on the racecourse	STARTINGSTALLS
DDown 1:	Ship's watch seeks a profitable catch
DDown 2:	Clothes of many Londoners contain this
DDown 3:	Enthusiast about to reduce measure of food
DDown 4:	Charge for carrying soldier into battle
DDown 5:	Approve hunter following deer without aspiration
DDown 6:	Highwayman powerless in Italy
DDown 7:	Catch the Italian in trip over the roof
DDown 10:	Game Chinese gangs engaged in, modifying locks	CURLINGTONGS
DDown 14:	Bear guest destroying plant
DDown 16:	Ruin a street that's shady
DDown 18:	Teaching flower arrangement for rock singer?
DDown 19:	Oxford University official's encyclical upset the Almighty
DDown 22:	I rent accommodation in Bury
DDown 24:	Bird betrayed by Toulouse-Lautrec