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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th April 2001

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th April 2001. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: New topic: strange sticks!
AAcross 5: See 1 Across
AAcross 9: Windbreak conceals marshy land in front of church
AAcross 10: What Billy Bunter had in cycle cape
AAcross 11: Love poem's unfinished: to an unpleasant person it's all too much
AAcross 12: Small radiator touching two spokes
AAcross 13: Bound to keep lady covered in the bathroom?
AAcross 15: Lorna's bum's different and undeveloped
AAcross 18: Nearly retreat, knowing how ugly sisters behave?
AAcross 19: Boredom for everyone taken in by half-feminine dancing
AAcross 21: Rushes of wind make Augustus join retiring saint
AAcross 23: Flour's sprinkled round street, which is sad
AAcross 25: Inaccuracy is included in note for bully
AAcross 26: Also-ran won't start to get closer
AAcross 27: Cause of envy and contention, messing up cradle with food pipsAPPLEOF
AAcross 28: See 27 Across
DDown 1: It's paid in advance, standing on the promenade
DDown 2: In the doghouse with Kenneth, Eleanor and the editor
DDown 3: Chaps breaking very large signs
DDown 4: Beautiful youth makes cassis run all over the place
DDown 5: Bad-tempered person has twist round top of head
DDown 6: Lightly cooked, so left holding back some wine
DDown 7: Walk, having time to understand
DDown 8: She can't say 'No'YESGIRL
DDown 14: Leave out, namely, a single griddle-cake
DDown 16: Partner, by concealing ring, meets objective after Friday
DDown 17: Statement of inmates altered
DDown 18: Meal had off tailless duck
DDown 20: Discourteous and unhealthy king's asleep!
DDown 22: Drink to hide your excessive sentimentality
DDown 23: Female suits made up to be formal
DDown 24: Go back, Leslie, with eyes like a flirt!
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