The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 9th November 2009

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th November 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Giving reason for absence, ticks one off	SICKNOTE
AAcross 9:	Grub right at the centre of a burning issue
AAcross 10:	Many have soft feathers
AAcross 11:	The sea seems quite calm, fortunately	JUSTASWELL
AAcross 12:	Free with money
AAcross 14:	Plant it in haste
AAcross 16:	Extra helpings or extras helping
AAcross 18:	Principal method of progress
AAcross 21:	When a girl may scream in case of necessity	ATAPINCH
AAcross 23:	Lapsed badly, but asks for mercy
AAcross 24:	Ground speed of a slow-moving shell	SNAILSPACE
AAcross 26:	Lincoln died sleeping? Apparently so
AAcross 27:	Run away to marry East European on the rebound
AAcross 28:	Ruddy good fellow, but not Oxbridge material
AAcross 28:	Ruddy good fellow, but not Oxbridge material
DDown 1:	Guidance shown by religious clique over time
DDown 2:	Similar to a family group
DDown 3:	Record jazz session — end in deadlock!
DDown 4:	Not well away from land
DDown 5:	Kind of leaf insect
DDown 6:	A moving entrance
DDown 7:	A scoundrel who deserves no good fortune	BADLOT
DDown 13:	This takes its time, making one late	SLOWPOISON
DDown 15:	Be prone to untruth
DDown 17:	Assume it's not quite finished
DDown 19:	People at play
DDown 20:	It has wings and flies
DDown 22:	Offer rented accommodation
DDown 23:	It's not really used as a prefix
DDown 25:	Killed — and swing for it!
DDown 26:	Crooked king is in a bad way