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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th August 2001

There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th August 2001. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 9: Welsh mouth to Breton river? There's freakishness for you!
AAcross 10: See 13 and 21ADLER
AAcross 11: 24's picked painter, parallel to...
AAcross 12: ... diphthong, one third of it American
AAcross 13: Lazy fellow covering Near East turmoil that could have scandalised BohemiaIRENE
AAcross 14: More expensive hairdo keeping jumper on top floor?UPPERROOM
AAcross 16: Article on sex offender following film devotee of 24, 23 down or 10?
AAcross 19: Lights of mine make out my lad as Vice-PresidentDAVYLAMPS
AAcross 21: Student arrives on wrong day - he comes to the queen as a music makerLARRY
AAcross 22: Liberal caterer left men cured with treatment
AAcross 23: Scot cut short a holy man with a wife and mother of 12
AAcross 24: See 22 and 21down
AAcross 25: Canary, one that sang tenor parrot-fashion?LANZAROTE
DDown 1: Long-tailed duck grasps broken pipe, getting disfigured
DDown 2: Cut little city very hard
DDown 3: Summons man to squirm?
DDown 4: 24's daughter wasn't worth much
DDown 5: Release in chamber for Italian writer and politician in robes
DDown 6: An old ram is converted and gets a halo
DDown 7: Drink fizzy pop with port in the Middle East
DDown 8: Weapon that needs ironing, would you say?
DDown 14: Turn a little - my turn at last
DDown 15: Solver's dead - died after setter - here are their spirits
DDown 17: Old weapons ensure cattle are outside a pound
DDown 18: Teacher in black first put up with mockery
DDown 20: Saw contest, got married
DDown 21: Lost lord retained one right in long-standing quarrel with painterLUCIAN
DDown 22: Blow that could be shot
DDown 23: Pole imprisoned by German in Salad Days?
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