The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 14th May 2001

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Employ tea in a bag; it gives time for settlement
AAcross 8:	Modern entrance to old prison
AAcross 9:	Old Egyptian gambling game, its said
AAcross 11:	Article on a crime wave in the country
AAcross 12:	Showed respect for an old lady, but insulted a young one	STOODUP
AAcross 13:	Good fellow cutting dried grass is quick
AAcross 14:	No longer in the cast, but in touch
AAcross 16:	Coal seam worked by sailors
AAcross 19:	Sailors are all so perplexed
AAcross 21:	Pitch of the roof?
AAcross 23:	Eastern politician bound to be exhausted
AAcross 24:	Spring issue
AAcross 25:	Eggs turn into cheers
AAcross 26:	Therapy for abuse?
DDown 1:	Cables from ship to shore
DDown 2:	The truth about Italy's reconstruction
DDown 3:	Wrongly portrayed as a hunter
DDown 4:	One knows them to be well-informed
DDown 5:	Intercept principal on holiday
DDown 6:	Con man turns up in disgrace
DDown 7:	A humble fan to be moved, too deep for words
DDown 10:	A comedown, but not a disappointing one	HAPPYLANDING
DDown 15:	Got up and dressed
DDown 17:	Game with two essential elements of tennis
DDown 17:	Game with two essential elements of tennis
DDown 18:	Beat a doctor in the final
DDown 19:	Primate swallows vegetables to satisfy hunger, perhaps
DDown 20:	Winter sportsmen take it up
DDown 22:	Annie celebrates having this other girl in the family