The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 31st October 2008

There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 31st October 2008. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Essentially brief's doing what bra does for occupant of cell
AAcross 9:	Raid on antagonist
AAcross 10:	On the other hand - one's left restricts right, which is cruel
AAcross 11:	Fast food preserver contracts nasty disease
AAcross 12:	Capable of doing no more?
AAcross 13:	Retail IOU, b-li-v-!	CREDITNOTE
AAcross 15:	Respectively, what may be opencast and ignoring consequences
AAcross 16:	Bottom magnitude blocked the court (Law and History)!
AAcross 18:	"O", might it be, "My darling ..." to begin with?
AAcross 19:	Chief generator at the house
AAcross 20:	One's out to take catch, meaning the rest of the team's standing back
AAcross 22:	Time many do for reform
AAcross 23:	Witty reference to office accident? Point taken
AAcross 24:	Have aspirations, presumably to avoid these!	OWNGOALS
DDown 1:	This should be reduced in development, but in practice often isn't!
DDown 2:	Seriously deft or adaptive? We are	DOITYOURSELFERS
DDown 3:	Innovative clue: "Lot in coven?"
DDown 4:	What orientates unorthodox conditional changes may be viewed here
DDown 5:	An anemometer? I'll be blown
DDown 6:	Publications abroad for sister to get undercover investigators southwards
DDown 7:	Work ethic following a payment matey's pocketed (thus?)
DDown 14:	See 5
DDown 17:	See 4
DDown 21:	See 3