The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 13th May 2005

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th May 2005. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	10's epitaph: "I died (RIP): Hell hath no bar open the while, a disaster"	ONTHE
AAcross 4:	See 1	IDRATHER
AAcross 8:	One deducing knowledge from goose spittle? I'm confused!
AAcross 10:	Can areas of study define a wit?
AAcross 11:	Behind with the delivery
AAcross 12:	Skin colour's origin's apparent once I speak about it!
AAcross 15:	BT Call-minder?	OFTEL
AAcross 17:	... or could he put his finger on it?
AAcross 18:	Smoothed the way old priest worked over
AAcross 19:	One with an eye for a poor camel?
AAcross 21:	Eye of a VIP	BIOWHEEL
AAcross 24:	Callow, hogtied, shy. Oh, that is awkward!
AAcross 25:	Coming from Danzig (EU), nervous traveller	ZIGEUNER
AAcross 26:	Run outside!
DDown 1:	Finished with taking the wheel, too much to handle?
DDown 2:	Like Aguecheek with "a lean and hungry look"? In fact, he'd collapsed!	THINFACED
DDown 3:	Scots intend to take the lid off the boiler
DDown 4:	Closest to one male umpire
DDown 5:	Get up the nose, say, of the Astronomer Royal	RYLE
DDown 6:	Great golfer Eldrick losing final for flooring	TIGERWOOD
DDown 7:	Great golfer! That's my girl!	ELSIE
DDown 9:	See 1 across
DDown 13:	Failure turning blue with effort can be determined
DDown 14:	How some buy wine as the negociant's in fear guarding the margin	ENPRIMEUR
DDown 16:	How far might swordsman go? Oh, the wicked insertion during joust
DDown 20:	Pathogenic agent could pass through every intestine initially
DDown 22:	See 1 across
DDown 23:	See 1 across