The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 17th February 2005

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th February 2005. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Function room
AAcross 5:	Telephone fuse?
AAcross 9:	Bearing cold, accepting ordinary drug
AAcross 10:	Announced time for dessert
AAcross 12:	Where connections made, aces?	POWERPOINTS
AAcross 15:	Grazing land called pasture, ultimately
AAcross 17:	Woman's release brings show of approval around middle of July
AAcross 18:	Old sports venue uses broadcast in order to follow pass
AAcross 19:	See 7
AAcross 20:	Bush's offensive, unsightly prospect receiving no backing - a mistake	WARONTERROR
AAcross 24:	Movement getting a soldier into trouble
AAcross 25:	See 1 down
AAcross 26:	Stuff the issue!
AAcross 27:	Chamberlain's vegetables captured by impressionist?
DDown 1:	Kids stealing the gold, first one would question the official explanation
DDown 2:	Animal with bite holding message up, demanding shellfish
DDown 3:	Those with strain in voice, one being choked by endless work
DDown 4:	Mathematical study to fix on in book with essay
DDown 6:	State positive European words maintained by Turner
DDown 7:	As I've said, surely there's no reason to suspend this type of lens
DDown 8:	Main chain putting price right up
DDown 11:	Tactical ploy where union has me put right with tuppence
DDown 13:	Those touching appear good among more elegant clues
DDown 14:	One used to find value in calculus objective written up in cast iron
DDown 16:	Former work with Latin in old language
DDown 21:	Slip away with greasy object to climb, heading for embarrassment
DDown 22:	Spooner's peaceful wind, which is agricultural
DDown 23:	See 22