The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 27th September 2005

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

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	One police department infiltrating trade of a divine killer
AAcross 5:	The yoke, say, of a rainbow
AAcross 9:	Quote work by Greek character making a comeback, unlike Homer literally
AAcross 10:	Natal section ruler
AAcross 12:	Soil so fertile the Italian removed to cultivate plant
AAcross 15:	See 4
AAcross 17:	Old prince joining the workers: they can let off steam
AAcross 18:	Damned fools captured Ireland in the battle
AAcross 19:	Sway one to enter, say, into the navy
AAcross 20:	Hard life, or nothing could be more death-defying
AAcross 24:	Antibodies combined to attack small mass pneumo-serines
AAcross 25:	See 24
AAcross 26:	Mjollnir, a London soccer player?
AAcross 27:	Serenely reticent retiring bit of stuff
DDown 1:	Scrape the bottom with this instrument?
DDown 2:	Suggest a rodeo competitor has entered wrongfully
DDown 3:	Descartes declaring himself at peace with her?	IRENE
DDown 4:	What's the bird call note to be? Fie! (ie perhaps that of the 5 26)	ALITTLEBITOF
DDown 6:	Toothsome artist?
DDown 7:	Retiring lexicographer's ultimatum?
DDown 8:	See 7
DDown 11:	See 4	WITHNOCHEESE
DDown 13:	Genesis Chapter IX (i): epic struggle!
DDown 14:	As in spoken art and Roman English, such verse is disconnected
DDown 16:	Grass up a receiver: the buck stops here	DEERFENCE
DDown 21:	Return to sender
DDown 22:	Looks good enough to eat, does she?
DDown 23:	Does he lead prayer for openers? Is Mohammed a Muslim?