The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd March 2001

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd March 2001. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Newcastle, Liverpool and Derby on longer the country's leaders	PRIMEMINISTERS
AAcross 9:	Very small, like a Swiss banker?
AAcross 10:	One involved with Alison in illicit affair
AAcross 11:	Rumour of English poet for listeners
AAcross 12:	Sound director gives Margaret a ring
AAcross 13:	Chime gone off, denoting leadership in the league
AAcross 14:	Do church leaders take sustenance?
AAcross 15:	Girl revealing male murder victim in book	MABEL
AAcross 17:	How the stock ran out all at once?
AAcross 20:	Collapse of couple on exciting rides
AAcross 22:	Proportion of allowance reduced
AAcross 23:	Sluggard told stories about Lincoln
AAcross 24:	Remedy for Japanese drama - play idly
AAcross 25:	Hardy characters do, when leotards become loose	THEWOODLANDERS
DDown 1:	Berkshire, perhaps, at the heart of the game	PIGINTHEMIDDLE
DDown 2:	Club in Gateshead, say, for evening out
DDown 3:	Descriptive of hideout, we hear
DDown 4:	Brutal article following popular song without words
DDown 5:	Unsound reasoning, when sick, to go up in charge
DDown 6:	Streetcar soft for the bum?
DDown 7:	Fried meat cake king is exclusive
DDown 8:	Upside down, some butterflies make marks on paper	INVERTEDCOMMAS
DDown 14:	Accountant has capital advanced - something to put on a horse
DDown 16:	Beg for bit of bread and cheese spread
DDown 17:	Prepare for attack and remain next to openings of tower	STANDTO
DDown 18:	Lad near damage beside the kidneys?
DDown 19:	Cleanse and check germanium
DDown 21:	Knock run off spin bowler