The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 22nd December 2000

There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd December 2000. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Answer to this clue should be clearly stated
AAcross 6:	The man's father is said to be an immature person
AAcross 9:	Candidate's question paper?
AAcross 10:	Extremely hot over ridicule
AAcross 11:	When batting, duck's broken by boundary drive
AAcross 14:	Regarding the veins, say, is putting too much weight on!
AAcross 15:	For pop concert, book this joint
AAcross 16:	Asked about work, little boy flinched
AAcross 18:	Animals' skins to be treated
AAcross 20:	Has the shivers about game? That's a beastly tale
AAcross 21:	Self-contained number, given backing, immediately succeeding
AAcross 25:	Mixed team line up at net for quarter final, perhaps
AAcross 26:	Water bird for ever consuming fish? Endlessly!
AAcross 27:	Record of hours worked for two newspapers, mostly the first
DDown 1:	Dish of fruit
DDown 2:	Cream and jam will be A1
DDown 3:	Money spinner?
DDown 4:	Scottish resort where anything goes?	OBAN
DDown 5:	One i/c vessel - tramp is she, perhaps?
DDown 6:	Swindle fellow out of money?
DDown 7:	Is this housework decreasing?
DDown 8:	One name among party cronies calls the shots
DDown 12:	Constable's restraining hold broken by lout
DDown 13:	Knight and queen involved at different stages in endgame
DDown 14:	Doctor - paragon he to have established such an institution
DDown 17:	Dismissed, having carried on strike called
DDown 19:	Being too old, mean to have leader replaced
DDown 22:	The newspaper's job
DDown 23:	Fruit that's fleshy for the most part
DDown 24:	A slip of a girl
DDown 24:	A slip of a girl