The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 31st October 2000

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st October 2000. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Two kings abducted from military quarters, written about for "The Talisman"
AAcross 5:	Tale-teller is conned, captivated by Henry's wife
AAcross 9:	Gold captured by G-Grace, the swimmer
AAcross 10:	See 13
AAcross 11:	Flinty queen stirred to embrace her husband? Not often!
AAcross 13:	Female Spanish guerrilla, a revolutionary, points to Greek grub
AAcross 14:	Transient sailors, some Viking
AAcross 17:	Mary does not take Ecstasy at Oxford
AAcross 18:	At the double, double-jointed?
AAcross 20:	Software mogul ending off drinking mixed gins and swearing
AAcross 23:	He'll take drivers round the course
AAcross 24:	Only just beginning to look into each mixture
AAcross 25:	Lunatic intended, say, to get into the act
AAcross 26:	Hard worker first struck the beam
DDown 2:	See 18
DDown 3:	For dressing down, tear clothing (formal article)
DDown 4:	Silky underwear?
DDown 5:	Mental tranquillity, they say, is broken by one's severe 3	PIECEOFONESMIND
DDown 6:	Scarlet sports car's interior to be made good
DDown 7:	No dictionary included when writing about the theatre
DDown 8:	In South Africa, do its inhabitants when climbing talk of the apples and pears?	EASTLONDON
DDown 12:	Top Dutch gallery takes one pace back
DDown 15:	For instance, seconds are 3ed	TICKEDOFF
DDown 16:	Ringing the draughtsman?
DDown 19:	Tale-teller exchanges chapter for small dish
DDown 21:	I head off home
DDown 22:	Swelling found as part of a nasty examination