The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 13th August 2008

There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th August 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Put lower down the bill, losing lead, luvvy expressed feelings thus
AAcross 5:	Very blue road material
AAcross 5:	Very blue road material
AAcross 9:	Joy has hit with "Harmonious Society"
AAcross 10:	Organised competitive sport: the "French disease"?
AAcross 11:	Supporter elected to return old president, one on the fiddle	NIGELKENNEDY
AAcross 13:	Court demands return of drink carrier
AAcross 14:	Key, covered in awful grot, such as might be attached to a trunk
AAcross 17:	Abstract painter's milieu - excluding southeast, there are six examples in this puzzle
AAcross 18:	See 17
AAcross 20:	Parking on local trail around Everest's starting point is not fully developed
AAcross 23:	Long time to be wed to an artist
AAcross 24:	One trapped by Plato in discursive medium
AAcross 25:	Only just started at home on a sweet treat, pass out
AAcross 26:	Group fashion infiltrates, however brief	THEWHO
DDown 2:	Head is off beam, a long way
DDown 3:	Any edited casual treatment of material that's patchy	TIEANDDYE
DDown 4:	Avalanche day before Whistler's 7th Winter Olympics event
DDown 5:	Centre having large input into new "Beetle" range: it wasn't well-focused at first	HUBBLETELESCOPE
DDown 6:	Mind at rest (conjured up memories of orbiting Earth)
DDown 7:	Cold and hot alternatively in a neckwear item?
DDown 8:	Seasonal newsletter, much copied, about to get the bird
DDown 12:	County town's banger selling place, just for women	CARMARTHEN
DDown 15:	Wind instrument with suitable cut put by one inside makes seesaw
DDown 16:	Act a bit odd on getting a piece of bread
DDown 19:	Each should enter 20%-reduced East European currency as "immoderate"
DDown 21:	Land fish
DDown 22:	Tongue-in-cheek housing creep

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