The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 22nd June 2006

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd June 2006. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Plant finds bachelor in high spirits
AAcross 10:	Blast old cap!
AAcross 11:	Born in Italian city, getting energy from motor
AAcross 12:	Fruit - one swallowed by Biblical liar
AAcross 13:	Fitzgerald's desanctified lager?	ELLA
AAcross 14:	Speeding up sequence before finish and start of oratorio
AAcross 16:	Likely to carry part of five-litre flask back
AAcross 17:	A bitter blow for head of the Church?
AAcross 19:	Two-way processing of force''s third police car
AAcross 22:	Fish round in air
AAcross 24:	Saviour resurrected by divers, formerly
AAcross 25:	Crazy about a service in Swiss town	LOCARNO
AAcross 26:	Exchange of clientele
AAcross 27:	Knots sure to come undone as result of overexposure
DDown 1:	V's pivotal point?
DDown 2:	Kings in medical setback almost sent up firework
DDown 3:	Capital piece of furniture I acquired
DDown 4:	Missing person dispatched in the middle of a competition
DDown 5:	Setter is, unfortunately, upset by sausage
DDown 6:	Gurn stupidly, probing vagrant's waterworks problem
DDown 7:	Reported allegorist's foot ailment
DDown 8:	Year spoilt by "Les liaisons dangereuses", say?	EPISTOLARYNOVEL
DDown 15:	Drips spilled on cooker shown to be a mistake
DDown 17:	Unpolished jewellery put outside for scrapping
DDown 18:	Arab money raised by part of factory
DDown 20:	True Church in wrong order for breakfast, perhaps
DDown 21:	Fixate on love -- Porgy's -- capturing heart of music
DDown 23:	Accent displaying perspicacity