The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 3rd May 2013

There are 14 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd May 2013. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Killer keeps awfully hot — do I not? — aiming for straight sets
AAcross 9:	Morris — is she from Paris?	ESTELLE
AAcross 10:	Line — end of Central, start of Metropolitan — ascribed to the law	LONGARM
AAcross 11:	Exaggerate what's no distance in Russia at a point
AAcross 12:	Queen and prince coming after death
AAcross 13:	Old currency gamble?
AAcross 14:	Report of weakly cure embracing odd bod and lunatic
AAcross 16:	People like Lolita — it's a difficult thing to do	SEXKITTENS
AAcross 19:	King of footballers?	OFFA
AAcross 20:	A word of comfort from another place
AAcross 21:	In a way, left a lot of flowers for children's author	ROALDDAHL
AAcross 23:	Parthian shot in sketch?
AAcross 24:	Premier destroyer of romance	CAMERON
AAcross 25:	Holds forth about the purpose of posterity
DDown 1:	See 2	OFTHEUNEXPECTED
DDown 2:	21's clue to self-hate?
DDown 3:	Too old for reporting of event? Not a hundred!
DDown 4:	Does lie perverted lead to rape?
DDown 5:	Fits of temper at time worker drinks?
DDown 6:	Diplomat accused of intrigues?
DDown 7:	Collapse of French work of art
DDown 8:	Water feature? I'm not sure — dubious parallel between books
DDown 15:	Emperor's clothes raised over half disease
DDown 17:	Re-enter formation of earth
DDown 18:	Subtle twist in Duncan Edwards' initiation
DDown 22:	Devil opening the show