The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 9th July 2008

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th July 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Allowed a bird to get into bed
AAcross 5:	Indirect strike only half completed
AAcross 10:	Volcano to be seen before going back
AAcross 11:	Not a nice woman turned reputable novelist
AAcross 12:	Brief binge around the end of the day
AAcross 13:	Ad for tablet ably modified and swallowed
AAcross 14:	I'd better be buried by existing head
AAcross 16:	This heathen hides silver in a container
AAcross 17:	Fight for junk
AAcross 19:	They're here, being inexperienced in the ATS
AAcross 23:	Family party gets me endless criticism
AAcross 24:	Mistakes made by a scoundrel in time
AAcross 26:	Purgative poems about sailors
AAcross 27:	One caught in the loo turning round for a bottle
AAcross 28:	Home, so a daughter wants to slip into something
AAcross 29:	Different girl, one in Italy, to approve of
DDown 2:	English conductor meets king in an old car
DDown 3:	Like a giraffe, it's all right to have one half pint
DDown 4:	Busy but still agreed to get married
DDown 6:	This cardinal was certainly not an old woman
DDown 7:	Maybe king or queen needs food without substance
DDown 8:	She loves "The Prince", but after work he's endlessly a deceiver	OPHELIA
DDown 9:	Naps killed cat, excited by amorous activity	SLAPANDTICKLE
DDown 15:	Sources upset about old theatre entrance
DDown 18:	A hundred jumped like frogs, cut by repeated blows
DDown 20:	Poet who makes me snore
DDown 21:	Aggressive reporters stand around broken tap
DDown 22:	Inactivity? Just sat about with little sister
DDown 25:	Composer's journey doesn't start