The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th April 2001

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th April 2001. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Guy, as we see it, is grasping
AAcross 9:	The French on a horse with a kind of crop
AAcross 10:	Have nerve and a bit of bottle
AAcross 11:	Very loud and disturbing, endless noise and natter
AAcross 12:	It takes pounds to keep one in drink, for example
AAcross 14:	Regard "key" (small isle) and "island" as distinct
AAcross 15:	Eats for a stag party?
AAcross 17:	Quite an expression of revulsion following one's volte-face
AAcross 20:	Long a head to a Greek department - reportedly a pain in the backside
AAcross 22:	Point put about English and, fittingly, by academic
AAcross 23:	Collision involving Jumbo and Harrier, say	BIRDSTRIKE
AAcross 24:	Crackjaw
AAcross 25:	Go home and go to bed!
AAcross 26:	Father and teenager at odds
DDown 1:	Card trick involving ace, the same being turned over in advance
DDown 2:	Take furtive look to observe rears
DDown 3:	Drunk? Turf out of employment!
DDown 4:	Rabid fan of pop star in frenzy
DDown 5:	Clear floor to provide area for entertainment
DDown 5:	Clear floor to provide area for entertainment
DDown 6:	That may be bent grass, eg, covering island
DDown 8:	Spot-checks English river rising fast
DDown 13:	Honest reputation succeeds in court
DDown 16:	Living with death - machinegun nests in the interior
DDown 18:	Do without a man
DDown 19:	This proverb matches putting off with one stealing time
DDown 21:	Ingroup get on well together, by the sound of it
DDown 22:	Yard under pressure, taking long time to uncover plant
DDown 24:	Beef or fish?