The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 16th December 2004

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th December 2004. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Little half of capital from old city
AAcross 5:	Little flower transformed our little debutantes
AAcross 9:	Pessimistic message from old city to fast-breeder reactor: it is "Hard cheese!"	THEBESTOF
AAcross 10:	Prophet of Israel, I assume	ELIAS
AAcross 11:	See 9
AAcross 12:	It has little flowers happily arranged on a string like this inside
AAcross 14:	Composer left a little bit of nonsense
AAcross 15:	Be punished with punishment note
AAcross 16:	Arrive with old arrangement for mutual assistance	COMECON
AAcross 18:	Odds on looking good?
AAcross 20:	Rebus nearly found in cockney's dense shrubbery with extinguisher	FIREBUCKET
AAcross 21:	Detective man, turning pale, to work with teeth
AAcross 24:	Heather is wealthy in Rome
AAcross 25:	Traveller going for tour with Satan
AAcross 26:	Princess swallowed by fish or bear	SHARDIK
AAcross 27:	No officer is reported for ill-feeling
DDown 1:	French animal left nut
DDown 2:	Caber is tossed in Italy
DDown 3:	Preferably ... speak truth piano?
DDown 4:	Far from how an 8 13 may be reached? Far from it	NOTBYALONGCHALK
DDown 5:	My old man (suitably clad) said: "Don't put money in the tin"
DDown 6:	Shed tears for saint in account of lottery
DDown 7:	See 9
DDown 8:	Far from the underworld with so much French
DDown 13:	Illustrator and poet are without box office input
DDown 16:	Financial resources of those said to have a tickle in the throat?
DDown 17:	Tennis player's time in boat yard	MARTINA
DDown 19:	8 in time to see number (including silencer)
DDown 22:	Dilute 26's forerunner when the boat comes in
DDown 23:	See 22

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