The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 29th October 2004

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 29th October 2004. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A dotty way to decorate!
AAcross 5:	Pop in a pair the Spanish wear
AAcross 10:	A president without money, but with some power
AAcross 11:	Blow the checkout!	BREATHTEST
AAcross 12:	Speculate about the judge being destitute
AAcross 13:	Planned at home and taken care of
AAcross 14:	Have a drink with the caretaker, a fan
AAcross 16:	A foreign writer who was never translated
AAcross 17:	Drop outside right for a bit
AAcross 19:	Dwelling on street with tricky ingress
AAcross 23:	There's a big fall in optical deterioration
AAcross 24:	Top Venetian's responsibility to see animal fed
AAcross 26:	The cut includes military personnel - quite a number
AAcross 27:	Invalid Greek character attended by inexperienced persons
AAcross 28:	Note counting is so tiresome!
AAcross 29:	Possibly sees about covering leaks
DDown 2:	Picture furniture embellished with gold
DDown 3:	A morsel of food taken before church
DDown 4:	Bolster arranged on the bed at sea
DDown 6:	Shoot at duck to be served at dinner, perhaps
DDown 7:	They'll be there returning thanks over offers made
DDown 8:	Key given to a demanding Oriental
DDown 9:	Strict control of budget meeting may be held
DDown 15:	Extensive block accommodating almost everyone
DDown 18:	Try to accept the growth of moorland
DDown 20:	Going on totally without motive
DDown 21:	A girl getting in late - a mistake	NATALIE
DDown 22:	Fruit for both mother and child
DDown 25:	Port found in luggage - no action taken