The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 20th September 2012

There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 20th September 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Virgin, perhaps Irish, wearing flared style
AAcross 8:	Bumper edition of “Latin for Everyone”?
AAcross 9:	Asian capital hasn't managed to progress
AAcross 9:	Asian capital hasn't managed to progress
AAcross 10:	Hit by 2 and 16 across, new Pathfinder got lost crossing river
AAcross 12:	10 was boss on board
AAcross 13:	Line in religious writing by Hardy that's deleted another line
AAcross 15:	10s despot's scratching head
AAcross 16:	Pen name for Proust's hero	SWANN
AAcross 17:	10's about right
AAcross 18:	Touching a female in Indian dress after game	ONSAFARI
AAcross 20:	Elizabeth Fry's nursing 10
AAcross 21:	See 10	OFDELIGHT
AAcross 22:	Non-striker's first to finish 10s
AAcross 24:	Kit is able to enter "Come Dancing"
AAcross 25:	10 dashes round to collect papers
DDown 1:	10 put up two million, ignoring banks
DDown 2:	Leader of foreign country regularly rearms in battle zone
DDown 3:	Joins Victorian 10s touring province
DDown 4:	Avoid one in time for discharge
DDown 5:	7 commanders pistol-whipped
DDown 6:	10 set to cross Norway
DDown 11:	A very quiet part of London's attractive
DDown 12:	Lover was injured at home
DDown 14:	Liberal's sad leader discarded 10
DDown 16:	10 understand a scheme's boring
DDown 17:	County Clare ordered small 10s
DDown 19:	Lincoln nearly escaped so-called 10
DDown 20:	Jazz pianist's ideal climbing shrub
DDown 21:	An up-and-coming Cole Porter entertained 10
DDown 23:	Old 7 runs 10