The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 9th October 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th October 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	See 1 down
AAcross 5:	"Pontiac hit by 1 across", say
AAcross 9:	Second generation immigrant from Japan is 18
AAcross 10:	Groundhog Day in court, Charlie boy?
AAcross 11:	Regularly not fit to eat soup for starters in American mess
AAcross 12:	Time? It often flies
AAcross 14:	As a result of this, finds "Aha!" cry reverberating around Goole perhaps
AAcross 18:	Complaint from fairy to fool involves Shakespeare's leading characters
AAcross 21:	Every single part of a river bar its source
AAcross 22:	Slanderous article after female made out with politician
AAcross 25:	Spooner's eponymous heroine retails these?
AAcross 26:	Port for city of Newcastle? It hardly has what's needed	LEITH
AAcross 27:	Drunk that's chosen to be legless? On the contrary
AAcross 28:	Sprinkles Lord's pitch, preventing openers getting stuck in
DDown 1:	Are you texting in tweets, having got confused? It's hard to say
DDown 2:	One unit's out of place? Yes and no
DDown 3:	Sort of policy that's beneath Nick Clegg?
DDown 4:	Shade round bottom of willow tree
DDown 5:	Annoyed about one social worker's role, say
DDown 6:	Kiss head off spot
DDown 7:	As one child under 11 hugs sister	INUNISON
DDown 8:	Yankee editor briefly edited the Observer, unassisted
DDown 13:	Fish eaten (except Wednesday) with a bit of 27 tripe
DDown 15:	"Clotted cream's first to have gone off, Mr.Jones"
DDown 16:	Cat circumnavigating ocean capsizes as one gains momentum	SPEEDSUP
DDown 17:	Chair and cot knocked over with feet being the long and the short of it
DDown 19:	Use force to control opening offer in topless joint
DDown 20:	Fever Pitch essentially has a variety of pushy characters
DDown 23:	Greek river with body of water rising
DDown 24:	Small bottle without a name	PHIL

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