The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th May 2002

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th May 2002. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Place soldier as a non-professional
AAcross 4:	Small bird with spotted beak
AAcross 9:	Great to hear about the girl - maybe settle down?
AAcross 10:	Man without work returning to base
AAcross 11:	What's the weight of this animal?
AAcross 12:	Written in elegant style: "To a Wild Rose"
AAcross 13:	Almost scary in the fog and dramatically ill-judged
AAcross 15:	Anyway, it's a girl	HANNAH
AAcross 17:	Comparatively deranged plant
AAcross 19:	Energy needed to exercise with trains when it's very hot
AAcross 22:	Shrill, even for the upper echelon
AAcross 24:	Foreign article contains a whopper!
AAcross 26:	Stick to first degree of speed
AAcross 27:	Belt designed by teacher without a wife, so it's said
AAcross 28:	Right game is back in the money flow
AAcross 29:	One came in over the top; one's ears are burning!
DDown 1:	Space for the French newly-wed?
DDown 2:	Long tale about the East
DDown 3:	Ribbon worn by Girl Orchestra?	ALICEBAND
DDown 4:	Furtiveness in the last movement
DDown 5:	God of Welsh poetry given name
DDown 6:	Involve mischievous child with story about 11?
DDown 7:	Young family's mess
DDown 8:	Cultivated, the good man is most biddable
DDown 14:	Critic sounds full of disgust at the bloodshed
DDown 16:	Abstainer to swan up to the Prince is tense
DDown 18:	The vicar, is it? Call back
DDown 19:	It's mean to be nosey about an officer
DDown 20:	Look for the state that's home to a rising baseball team	YANKEES
DDown 21:	Obsessed with getting little imp into photo
DDown 23:	Drop suddenly, missing the first thrust
DDown 25:	I got put out of northern bar