The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 3rd July 2014

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 3rd July 2014. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Spring put an end to game
AAcross 6:	Caught offensive character
AAcross 9:	Many fit in lodge
AAcross 10:	Saw about very small worker for profit
AAcross 11:	Fondness for costly staff in hospital department
AAcross 12:	Was familiar with Kingsley's first novel
AAcross 14:	Cavalry dance
AAcross 15:	Time husband should care
AAcross 17:	Unrestrained tirade about a politician
AAcross 19:	Dandified? Swimmer keeps nothing very quiet!
AAcross 20:	Tuck in a sweatshirt
AAcross 22:	Detention of nationalist leader interrupts funeral
AAcross 25:	Weighty foreign product contains bronze
AAcross 26:	Ward off state terrorism, initially
AAcross 27:	Ride around island in Italy
AAcross 28:	Little girl meets poet in the chemist
DDown 1:	Vegetation that's hard to trim
DDown 2:	Another name for dopy men, US style
DDown 3:	Pass to the side for security
DDown 4:	Injuries in Sumatra disaster
DDown 5:	Place of safety with books for deprived individual
DDown 6:	Beat honoured actor heartlessly
DDown 7:	Once more making a profit
DDown 8:	Guard to glance over timepiece	KEEPWATCH
DDown 13:	Writer settled in advance to make amends
DDown 14:	Thief dressed in scarlet
DDown 16:	Frank lugs Elsie around
DDown 18:	A king died under military vehicle? The mug!
DDown 19:	It's safe to break up for holidays
DDown 21:	Narrow strip by river
DDown 23:	Trade union gains prominence in school
DDown 24:	Press club