The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 2nd May 2013

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd May 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Pirate can't do this with mermaid, as some may ’ave said
AAcross 9:	Wind up having sex in a way-out place?
AAcross 10:	China possesses revolutionary weapon
AAcross 11:	Proper pair treated a first-time mother
AAcross 12:	Active constituent of vodka or (tenuously) even rum, originally
AAcross 13:	Drinks kid hasn't finished
AAcross 14:	Wife leaves grant aid outside of that detailed for lung disease
AAcross 16:	See 3	OFRICHMOND
AAcross 19:	See 3
AAcross 21:	Endless failure not for everyone — the rest developed talent
AAcross 22:	Use of weapons in second part of clue?
AAcross 24:	Fruit from Madeira is insect-ridden
AAcross 25:	I tucked into God-awful starter, something pungent
AAcross 26:	Outstanding peer in Brussels?	MANNEKENPIS
DDown 1:	Philosophical approach, getting really ill before right email's gone off	CRITICALREALISM
DDown 2:	Puma might have a savoury taste
DDown 3:	Song with (shh!) a million chords left out	THELASS
DDown 4:	Weird sorcerer's ferret
DDown 5:	Dig up 12's mark given to wine in summer abroad
DDown 6:	Sum of money making lonely content once	TWENTYSHILLINGS
DDown 7:	Hindu magistrate at university in desert
DDown 8:	Refuse rebid, changing to spades
DDown 15:	Whip yellow topping for pudding to be eaten by young family member
DDown 16:	Dark blue shoe?
DDown 17:	Setter eating his first suet pudding is essential viewing
DDown 18:	What may be produced from ten plus one: a product of 11?
DDown 20:	Amateur given place on staff
DDown 23:	Block cross, as a result