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The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 13th April 2012
There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th April 2012. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Modelling a solo performance, according to the Just So Stories
AAcross 5: Choice was first preserved
AAcross 9: Horsefly (colloquially horse) as deputy
AAcross 10: Take one sort of word — "grass" — for craft with shallow draft
AAcross 10: Take one sort of word — "grass" — for craft with shallow draft
AAcross 11: Pawnbroker and taxman keeping Cams' problem from StoweUNCLETOMSCABIN
AAcross 13: The curse of the 10 15
AAcross 14: Charge less than German joiner and truce breaker
AAcross 17: Stressed when Greek cross put on Turkish island Ordnance Survey missed out
AAcross 18: Dog, noisy one, one with no tail
AAcross 21: Adult female has order to get on with itFULLSTEAMAHEAD
AAcross 23: Mostly a lot of skill in contriving real trouble
AAcross 24: See 1 down
AAcross 25: Rare earth that long ago briefly gained a lot of success
AAcross 26: Party I'd arranged for excursionDAYTRIP
DDown 1: Prepare to shoot picture with high tension — it's illegal
DDown 2: What Omar glimpsed within the tavern — is it Very?THEONETRUELIGHT
DDown 3: Country of 7, say
DDown 4: Girl entertaining artist with chop?
DDown 5: Father — he's left off being forceful — flags
DDown 6: A number of mysterious utterances on boats
DDown 7: Play in retrospect fashionable - the rage?LOOKBACKINANGER
DDown 8: School at first in academic outburst
DDown 12: Whence reward for wisdom? Faith? Love? Try love
DDown 15: Most of the sun's about to set on the Baltic
DDown 16: Walker gets right inside the wire
DDown 19: Seemed pleased with conveyance including motorway
DDown 20: Evasive throw about 12 inches
DDown 22: Quantities coming up — hold it!