The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 20th July 2000

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 20th July 2000. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Excited by a small speculation
AAcross 9:	One grows flowers
AAcross 10:	The old ruler of Tibet's a refugee
AAcross 11:	Sort of look designed to cheer him?	COMEHITHER
AAcross 12:	Foreign Office taking back dirty books
AAcross 14:	Cryptic clues add weight to articles
AAcross 15:	Bear belly
AAcross 17:	Without doubt, clock starts in good time
AAcross 20:	An orange tongue - and that's official
AAcross 22:	Before robbery, looking over enclosure
AAcross 23:	Drink not bought, we hear, in the Lake District	BORROWDALE
AAcross 24:	Run carelessly after slap
AAcross 25:	Playwright producing page by and by
AAcross 26:	European trash: Antoine's
DDown 1:	Branch that is not on fire
DDown 2:	Each sound is a sound of contentment
DDown 3:	Furniture stays put
DDown 4:	Type of school providing Greek in the morning, followed by introductory mathematics and religion
DDown 5:	Dance, intoxicated by drink
DDown 6:	Station poles for old people	VICTORIANS
DDown 7:	Old-fashioned advice is to take them in exchange for money or goods
DDown 13:	Excessive love admitted by crazy meter maid
DDown 16:	Wearied by anxieties, oarsman turns up in jail
DDown 18:	No sailor alights on isle
DDown 19:	Busy old English prior
DDown 21:	God with head surrounded by a circle
DDown 22:	Make a fuss about a Greek island
DDown 24:	High-ranking Mafioso has enemy leader polished off