The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st May 2002

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st May 2002. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Flocks of birds seen around Land's End
AAcross 4:	Independent leader in sabre-rattling state
AAcross 9:	I'm in the French capital
AAcross 10:	Father Ted, entertaining affected queen, may be patronised
AAcross 11:	Gum or nuts one started chewing
AAcross 12:	Cart overturned on slope where knights once jousted
AAcross 13:	Worthless recital commencing with Nicolai and Offenbach overtures
AAcross 15:	Attempt to cover front of neck with tie
AAcross 16:	Fish - without water, without oxygen
AAcross 17:	Child attending comprehensive gets good mark for addition
AAcross 21:	Propose to a patient man in a fix	PUTUPJOB
AAcross 22:	Grant immunity to parliamentarian taking refuge in city abandoned by monarch
AAcross 24:	Teach grizzly relative to take note
AAcross 25:	Fit to run across
AAcross 26:	"The Outlaw" - a Greek or Egyptian citizen
AAcross 27:	A pole that's round with poles on decks
DDown 1:	Marx hoarding silver in the city
DDown 2:	Oils first used on some paintings by Bridget Riley, for example
DDown 3:	In effect, an old author's unfinished work is penetrating
DDown 5:	Peers squeal when reformed
DDown 6:	One of Hefner's playmates - Jane Doe?
DDown 7:	A word spoken in a German accent, so it's alleged
DDown 8:	Pie town, memorably	MELTONMOWBRAY
DDown 14:	Gem of a motor bought initially by relative
DDown 16:	Central feature of unbuttoned garment
DDown 18:	Dead men chopped and changed
DDown 19:	Sprog's claws
DDown 20:	Native Americans from Ohio refuse to go on to Washington
DDown 23:	Fictional gantry used in novel merchandising	ELMER