The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 27th January 2005

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 27th January 2005. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Funny old investigators with model for a bridgehead
AAcross 5:	Make up about a hundred now
AAcross 9:	Some trifling reverses in flavour nearly send us back-to-front	TAILFIRST
AAcross 11:	Girl with teeth next missing message?	ETHNE
AAcross 12:	Wild youth ate fruit now	WITHOUTDELAY
AAcross 15:	A revolutionary's yearning?
AAcross 16:	Former revolutionary's row is smothered by present operator	SANDINISTA
AAcross 18:	They back not opening wine during meals
AAcross 19:	See 26
AAcross 21:	Hard look round wood with sailor for raw food
AAcross 24:	Just the job, so I give out cards
AAcross 25:	Sailor and don in trouble - they are dead
AAcross 26:	As object not subject I appreciate the gift: 1down 2 5	NOTIME
AAcross 27:	(b) dry, just about - start of day
DDown 1:	"Birds 2, bees 2, ... _____, 1 down fall in love" (Cole Porter to Distel, possibly)
DDown 2:	See 1
DDown 2:	See 1
DDown 3:	It's warm as toast and warmer at home
DDown 4:	Showed Tarrant out by 45 degrees
DDown 6:	Time study requires putting one's foot down
DDown 7:	Destructive feature coming up about one catalogue first
DDown 8:	Monarch deprived of gold holds up an incinerator of rubber
DDown 10:	From other end Turks produced blast of lightning
DDown 13:	Block sitting with live music
DDown 14:	See 26	THEPRESENT
DDown 17:	Compound where fabulous 22 and king get a bit of lunch in the morning	ROCKALUM
DDown 20:	Being 18, change not now
DDown 22:	Girl doing time
DDown 23:	See English agent