The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 26th February 2002

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 26th February 2002. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Spin-off from alternative air determines life's ups and downs	WHEELOFFORTUNE
AAcross 9:	Shun Blair as just a cosmetic aide
AAcross 10:	Opposite of a swindle in Yorkshire?	RIPON
AAcross 11:	Penetrate log
AAcross 12:	Small remnant of superior oil processed for perfume
AAcross 13:	Least yielding creator of 27's model
AAcross 14:	Record holder overturned fish's victory
AAcross 17:	The French hold a cry of pain to be disreputable
AAcross 19:	Arab leader receiving note on Zambia's illicit writing
AAcross 22:	Trounced at cards, being incapable of cheating?
AAcross 24:	Country's removed from Copernicus' mathematical section
AAcross 25:	Wept for one held in popular respect
AAcross 26:	Substantial hole in reef's material
AAcross 27:	Stir, getting excited: public transport's convenient and novel	TRISTRAMSHANDY
DDown 1:	The beginning of wisdom: Solomon briefly fills gap on shortest day
DDown 2:	Message to beginner penetrating eastern slope
DDown 3:	Building material containing briny solution for complex construction
DDown 4:	Dowdy boozer swallowed back end
DDown 5:	Work to strike energy from rock
DDown 6:	Raised headgear with inlaid gold in Scripture
DDown 7:	God's uplifting swan song?
DDown 8:	Source of Pernod keeping source of tequila friendly, suppressing twitch cleanly
DDown 15:	Unwilling to admit Colin, drunk and with skimpy clothing
DDown 16:	Tramp keeping animal doctor from pounder of beat
DDown 18:	Common cause of urine, if abused
DDown 20:	Dull news, including nothing on Alcatraz, say
DDown 21:	Textile dealer getting no more than 100 in rands
DDown 23:	Prestige over turf kingdom